Research and Planning Marking Criteria

Look, this is the document I will have in front of me when marking your research and planning. If two or three of these criteria are not 'excellent', let's say your audience research is 'good' and your storyboard is 'average'... 15 is your MAXIMUM mark.

Level 4   16–20 marks

1. There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience.
2. There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
3. There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
4. Time management is excellent.
5. There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.
6. There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation.
7. There are excellent communication skills.

Listen to this, a handful of candidates were ONE mark away from the next grade up in their AS coursework, they could so easily have made that mark in their research and planning by doing something like adding a little more detail to the script or storyboard, adding a few screen-grabs to their similar product research or adding links to the sites they used to research genre ... while you have the time it's worth investing in your research and planning.