Assessment Criteria;

All of this information is from the OCR website: OCR Specification

0. Research and planning 
   Level 4 16–20 marks 
• Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed. 
• There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience. 
• There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding. 
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props. 
• Time management is excellent. 
• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation. 
• There are excellent communication skills. 
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning. 
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   Evaluation
   Level 4 16–20 marks
• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions.
• There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.
• There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.
• There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.
• There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.
• There is excellent ability to communicate. 

0. Production
   Film 
   Level 3 
   The candidate is expected to demonstrate proficiency in the creative use of most of the following technical skills: 
• shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise en scene 
• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects 
• recording and editing sound with images appropriately.

0. Level 4
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   The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills: 

   • shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise en scene 
   • editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects 
   • recording and editing sound with images appropriately.

   
   

   Print

   Level 3

   The candidate is expected to demonstrate proficiency in the creative use of most of the following technical skills: 

   • awareness of conventions of layout and page design 
   • awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size 
   • accurate use of language and register 
   • he appropriate use of ICT for the task set 
   • appropriate integration of illustration and text 
   • raming a shot, using a variety of shot distances as appropriate 
   • shooting material appropriate to the task set; selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting 
   • manipulating photographs as appropriate, including cropping and resizing. 

   
   

   0. Level 4 
      The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills: 
   • awareness of conventions of layout and page design 
   • awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size 
   • accurate use of language and register 
   • the appropriate use of ICT for the task set 
   • appropriate integration of illustration and text 
   • framing a shot, using a variety of shot distances as appropriate 
   • shooting material appropriate to the task set; selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting 
   • manipulating photographs as appropriate, including cropping and resizing.