G324 Advanced Portfolio in Media Studies

Students complete one of the following briefs:

Brief 1A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with:

a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package); a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).

Brief 2A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with:

a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; a poster for the film.

Brief 4A promotion package for a new computer/video game, to include two TV advertisements, together with:

the cover of the game’s package; a magazine advertisement for the game.

Brief 5A promotion package for a new soap opera, to include a TV trailer, together with:

a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap; a poster for the soap.

Brief 6A selection of materials related to an original children’s TV drama, to include the title sequence to the TV programme, together with:

the front cover to a magazine for the series; a DVD cover for the series;

Brief 10A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the following three options:

a poster for the film; a film magazine review page featuring the film.

All material for all tasks to be produced by the candidates with the exception of acknowledged non-original sound or image material used in a limited way in video/radio work. Further guidance will be available in the support materials. For music video, permission should be sought from the artist for use of the audio track.