Creative and Media Diploma
The Parkside Federation has been a 'gateway' deliverer of the Creative & Media Diploma, for 14-16 year-old students from all over Cambridge.
Students on the course are from the Parkside Federation, Manor Community College, Chesterton Community College and Impington Village College.
The course follows the Edexcel specification.
For further information, please contact James Durran, at jdurran@parksidefederation.org.uk
Recently, Year 10 CRaM students have been making videos commissioned by Cambridgeshire's Youthoria website, to raise issues and choices facing young people.
You can see some of these films on the CRaM Campaigns page.
On these pages, you can view examples of moving image work produced by students following the Level 2 course.
Downloads
Course design
- Sample assignment outline (Doc file, 1MB
- Sample scheme of work (PDF file, 76 KB )
Assessment
- Unit assessment grids (Zip file, 1.5 MB)
Resources: video production
- Guide to basic video camera techniques (PDF file, 3.67 MB)
- Guide to filming a single-camera drama (PDF file, 1.16 MB)
- Filming drama: single camera filming - a guide and notes for teachers (PDF file, 2.92 MB)
- Filming drama: in-camera editing: a guide and notes for teachers (PDF file, 567 KB)
- Simple guide for using video cameras in the classroom, in any subject (PDF file, 1.05 MB)
Resources: blogging
- Guide to creating a project blog (PDF file, 628 KB)
- Modelling blog entries (PDF file, 500 KB)
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