The qualification is called NCFE Interactive Media 100/5169/7 and must be presented in the form of a Portfolio accompanied by a Technical Notebook and a DVD disc showing the students Interactive DVD Presentation. There are 4 Units in total that students must past in order to gain the qualification which are as follows:
Unit 01 | Investigate
Ideas in the Context of a design Brief |
Unit 02 | Explore
Interactive Media Products and Processes |
Unit 03 | Plan and
Produce a Product using Interactive Media |
Unit 04 | Investigate
and use Text using Interactive Media |
Unit
01: Investigate
Ideas in the Context of a design Brief
Understand the requirements of a design brief and terminology in a interactive
media environment
Investigate a range of ideas and solutions in the context of the design brief
Discuss ideas with Tutor and peers
Change ideas in response to feedback, external factors and evaluation of own
work
Record the development of ideas
Communicate development effectively
Follow Health and Safety procedures
Unit
02: Explore Interactive Media Products and Processes
Investigate the scope of a range of software packages
Compare image types
Use a range of methods and equipment to capture and create images
Compare file types for compression and quality outcomes
Investigate and understand image resolution issues
Apply
a range of image manipulation techniques
Explain how hardware and software meets the design brief and its specifications
Follow Health and Safety procedures
Unit
03: Plan and Produce a Product using Interactive Media
Plan and prepare for production of final work
Use
ideas developed to inform production of final work
Produce and present the final interactive product making effective use of software
and processes
Follow Health and Safety procedures
Evaluate the whole development process
Unit
04: Investigate and use Text using Interactive Media
Investigate a range of typefaces
Investigate
uses and suitability of text for on-screen delivery
Identify visual codes of colour and representation
Experiment with on-screen typographic layout