BTEC NQF LEVEL 1/2 CREATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION

Rationale for the Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Award
in Creative Digital Media Production
The rationale for all qualifications in the BTEC First suite in Creative Digital Media
Production is to:
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• inspire and enthuse learners to consider a career in the creative digital media
  industries, rather than just to participate in media recreationally, for example
  surfing the web or playing video games 
• give learners the opportunity to gain a broad understanding and knowledge,
  and develop skills, across the creative digital media sectors, e.g. moving image,
  audio production, games design, website design and publishing 
• support progression to a more specialised level 3 vocational or academic media
  qualification or an apprenticeship 
• give learners the potential opportunity, in due course, to enter employment
  within a wide range of junior job roles across the creative digital media sectors.
  Junior job roles include, for example, photographer, sound recordist, assistant
  editor, assistant web designer and assistant games designer. 

The smallest qualification in the suite is the Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First
Award (120-guided-learning-hour (GLH)) qualification. This qualification has been
developed to provide an engaging and stimulating introduction to the world of media.
It includes 4 units. 

• Unit 1 of the core units is a broad unit that
  underpins the fundamental knowledge and understanding of media principles looking
  at all five key sectors (Digital Moving Image, Digital Audio Production, Digital
  Publishing, Website Production and Digital Games Production) and the different types
  of audiences. 
• Unit 2 must be taken alongside the optional units and focuses on
  communication techniques.
• The other units to be completed as part of this course are Unit 3 Digital Moving Image Production and Unit 4 Digital Audio Production.