Curriculum

iMedia

Subject Vision and Intent

The Creative iMedia department aims to equip learners with a range of creative media skills and provide opportunities to develop, in context, desirable, transferable skills such as research, planning, and review, working with others and communicating creative concepts effectively. We also aim to encourage independence and creativity.  

 

Five-Year Plan

Term Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Autumn Term 1  

  

   

Pre-production skills (R081)

Understand the uses and properties of interactive multimedia products (R087 continued)

Autumn Term 2    
Spring Term 1

Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics 

(R082) 

Understand comic strips and their creation (R084)
Spring Term 2    
Summer Term 1    
Summer Term 2

Understand the uses and properties of interactive multimedia products 

(R087) 

 

 

Key Stage 4

BTEC Creative iMedia

Exam Board OCR

Examinations

The OCR Level 1/2 Cambridge National Certificate in Creative iMedia consists of two mandatory units and two optional units. 

R081: Pre-production skills - Written paper OCR set and marked 1 hour 15 mins 

R082: Creating digital graphics - Centre-assessed tasks OCR-moderated Approx 10 hours 

R087: Creating interactive multimedia products - Centre-assessed tasks OCR-moderated Approx 10 hours 

R084: Storytelling with a comic strip - Centre-assessed tasks OCR-moderated Approx 10 hours  

Key Topics

R081 

Understand the purpose and content of pre-production 

Be able to plan pre-production 

Be able to produce pre-production documents 

Be able to review pre-production documents 

R082 

Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics 

Be able to plan the creation of a digital graphic 

Be able to create a digital graphic 

Be able to review a digital graphic 

R084 

Understand comic strips and their creation 

Be able to plan a multipage comic strip 

Be able to produce a multipage comic strip 

Be able to review a multipage comic strip 

R087 

Understand the uses and properties of interactive multimedia products 

Be able to plan interactive multimedia products 

Be able to create interactive multimedia products 

Be able to review interactive multimedia products 

Hodge Hill Girls School
Bromford Road
Birmingham
B36 8EY

0121 464 3094