NEA 2019-2020 – The Process and Briefs Explained
Deadlines
Week commencing Deadline Content
35 - 25 th March
2019 Brief Chosen Two weeks looking
carefully at briefs
and making
informed
decisions.
39 - 22 nd April Summary outline of
coursework products – initial
plans, images and layouts set-
up Easter homework
47 – 17 th June 1 st Product Progress check –
First draft SOI 48 – 24 th June Summer Practical Set 9 – 23 rd Sept 2 nd Practical Progress Check 15 – October 4th 1 Draft all Products and SOI
final (3 rd progress check) 21 – Dec 16 th 3 rd Practical Final Progress
Check 29 – February 10th Final Deadline
Signed
Choosing your Briefs:
The briefs are very demanding and you need to complete all task to get high marks. The quality of your products is of
great importance and the finished products should look professional with exceptional attention to detail. There is no
way around this, hard work and steady progress, working on them each week, methodically is the only way to
achieve this. So, you must choose your briefs on or before the deadline based on your abilities and interests. The next
two sessions will be dedicated to looking at all the briefs so that you can really make an informed decision.
All the briefs are difficult but moving image tends to be more labour intensive and requires you have a lot
more interaction with other people in regard to acting etc:- of course this could be what you are interested,
but choose wisely based on your interests, passions, time-management and work ethic.
You need to read each brief very carefully and highlight the key areas of what you have to do. Print the brief you are
doing off and know it off by heart. Keeping in mind that some briefs will require more work than others and that time
slips away very quickly. The key is to do as much now and over summer to meet the deadlines.
Mark scheme can be found here and will look at in detail over the next few weeks.
To note: every image you use must be generated by you, nothing can be borrowed off the internet except
fonts.
Brief
Broadcast
1
2
Some audio/video
3
4
5
6
Some Audio/video
Print
E-Media