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01What it is

RSL Awards have a complete portfolio of Vocational Qualifications, covering Music, Performing Arts and Creative Digital Media from Levels 1-5.

These are the units RSL Awards Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Animation Techniques for Film Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to produce animated visual sequences for film using appropriate techniques and tools. You'll plan the animation process, prepare assets, and apply principles of timing, spacing, and movement to create realistic animations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use appropriate processes to produce an animated visual sequence for film.
  • Apply conventions of animation to produce an animated visual sequence for film.
  • Utilise appropriate tools to produce an animated visual sequence for film.
Character Rigging Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the principles and techniques of character rigging for animation, including joint placement, constraints, and controllers. You'll rig static characters using appropriate tools and software for specified digital media destinations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of rigging techniques.
  • Rig a static character for animation within a specified digital media destination.
Character Rigging (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll gain knowledge and skills to rig a static character for animation within a specified digital media destination. The unit covers rigging components, principles, planning, and the relationship between character design and rigging requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of rigging to rig a static character for animation.
  • Apply understanding of rigging to rig a static character for animation.
  • Rig a static character for animation within a specified digital media destination.
Creating 3D Digital Animation Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the principles and techniques of 3D digital animation, including timing, spacing, exaggeration, keyframe animation, and motion capture. You'll apply their understanding of anatomy and movement to create realistic animations for specified digital media products.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of 3D digital animation
  • Understand the design considerations for creating 3D digital animation
  • Apply appropriate software and tools to create 3D digital animation
  • Plan and design a 3D digital animation for a specified digital media product
  • Produce a 3D digital animation that meets the requirements of the specified digital media product
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the 3D digital animation in achieving its intended purpose
Creating 3D Digital Animation (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to design and produce 3D digital animation for specified digital media products. You'll understand animation principles, design stages, production techniques, and apply this knowledge to create digital animations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the design of 3D digital animation.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the production of 3D digital animation.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the potential uses of 3D digital animation across a range of digital media products.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the potential uses of 3D digital animation across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Create a digital animation for a specified digital media product.
Creating 3D Digital Games Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to create 3D digital games by applying knowledge of game types, platforms, design principles, and technologies. You'll develop games aligned with chosen types and platforms, incorporating appropriate design elements and technical requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of 3D games types to create a 3D digital game
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of 3D games platforms to create a 3D digital game
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of 3D games design to create a 3D digital game
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of 3D games technologies to create a 3D digital game
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of 3D games audiences to create a 3D digital game
Creating Audio for Digita Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to apply audio design principles to create soundtracks for digital media products. You'll understand audio quality, file formats, and the use of audio across various digital media types.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of audio design principles to digital media products.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the use of audio across a range of digital media products and destinations.
  • Create a soundtrack for a specified digital media product.
Creating Audio for Digita Media (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply audio design principles to create soundtracks for digital media products. The unit covers sound design, audio file formats, recording and editing equipment, and the use of audio in video games, film, and other media.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of audio design.
  • Demonstrate the use of audio across a range of digital media products.
  • Demonstrate the use of audio across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Create a soundtrack for a specified digital media product.
Creating Composited Video Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit focuses on compositing techniques such as layering and masking to create seamless video effects. You'll use compositing software and understand colour correction and grading to produce composited video packages for digital media destinations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of compositing techniques to the creation of a composited video package for a specified digital media destination
  • Apply understanding of compositing techniques to the creation of a composited video package for a specified digital media destination
  • Apply knowledge of the use of composited still and moving imagery across a range of digital media products and destinations to the creation of a composited video package for a specified digital media destination
  • Apply understanding of the use of composited still and moving imagery across a range of digital media products and destinations to the creation of a composited video package for a specified digital media destination
  • Create a composited video package for a specified digital media destination
Creating Concept Art Digitally Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the role and production of concept art within the digital media pipeline. You'll learn to generate, refine, and digitally create concept art for specified digital media products using appropriate techniques and tools.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of the production and presentation of concept art to create concept art for a specified digital media product
  • Apply understanding of the production and presentation of concept art to create concept art for a specified digital media product
  • Apply knowledge of the uses of concept art across a range of digital media products and destinations to create concept art for a specified digital media product
  • Apply understanding of the uses of concept art across a range of digital media products and destinations to create concept art for a specified digital media product
  • Create concept art for a specified digital media product
Creating Concept Art Digitally (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit focuses on the creation of digital concept art, covering production stages, presentation methods, and design principles. You'll apply their understanding to produce concept art for specified digital media products, recognising its uses in game development and film production.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the production and presentation of concept art.
  • Explain the uses of concept art across a range of digital media products and destinations.
  • Create concept art for a specified digital media product.
Creating Concept Art for Digital Media Applications Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the role and application of concept art within digital media production. You'll analyse visual styles, generate initial sketches, and develop concept art that effectively communicates the visual style for a specified digital media product.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the production and presentation of concept art, and its uses across digital media products and destinations, to create concept art for a specified digital media product.
Creating Digital 3D Art Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit equips learners with knowledge and skills to create 3D art for various digital media products and destinations. You'll understand the stages of 3D art creation, plan effectively, use relevant software and hardware, and produce a portfolio of 3D artwork.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the processes involved in creating 3D art.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the tools involved in creating 3D art.
  • Demonstrate the use of 3D art across a range of digital media products.
  • Demonstrate the use of 3D art across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Create a portfolio of 3D art for specified digital media destinations.
Creating Digital 3D Art (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop skills in creating digital 3D art for various media products and destinations. The unit covers the 3D art creation process, optimisation for platforms, principles of modelling and texturing, and the use of relevant software and hardware.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the processes involved in creating 3D art.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the tools involved in creating 3D art.
  • Demonstrate the use of 3D art across a range of digital media products.
  • Demonstrate the use of 3D art across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Create a portfolio of 3D art for specified digital media destinations.
Creating Digital Graphics Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides learners with an understanding of digital graphics and graphic design principles. You'll create a digital graphics portfolio for specified media products, demonstrating knowledge of image types, file formats, visual hierarchy, and colour theory.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital graphics.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of graphic design.
  • Demonstrate the potential uses of digital graphics across a range of digital media products.
  • Demonstrate the potential uses of digital graphics across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Create a digital graphics portfolio for a specified digital media product.
Creating Digital Moving Image Packages for Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit develops learners' ability to create digital moving image packages for various digital media destinations. You'll apply videography and editing techniques, ensure audio quality, and tailor packages to meet specific audience and platform requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital videography to present digital moving image packages
  • Present digital moving image packages for specified creative digital media destinations
Creating a 3D Environment Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the design and production of 3D environments for digital media products. You'll apply relevant tools and techniques, plan and optimise environments for performance, and create 3D environments for specified purposes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes involved in designing and producing 3D environments.
  • Apply relevant tools and techniques for creating 3D environments.
  • Analyse the uses of 3D environments across a range of digital media products and destinations.
  • Create a 3D environment for a specified digital media destination, considering its purpose and target audience.
Creating a 3D Environment (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the design and production of 3D environments, including modelling, texturing, and lighting principles. You'll use relevant software to create detailed 3D environments for specified digital media destinations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes involved in designing and producing 3D environments.
  • Apply knowledge of the tools and techniques used in 3D environment creation.
  • Analyse the uses of 3D environments across a range of digital media products and destinations.
  • Design and create a 3D environment suitable for a specified digital media destination.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the 3D environment in meeting the requirements of the digital media destination.
Creating a Digital Image Portfolio Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll create a professional digital image portfolio using digital photography and image editing techniques. The unit addresses capturing high-quality images, ethical considerations, and organising images for a specified digital media destination.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital photography and its uses across the digital media sector to create a digital image portfolio
  • Create a digital image portfolio for a specified digital media destination
Creating a Digital Image Portfolio (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop skills in digital photography to create a tailored image portfolio. The unit includes principles of composition, lighting, exposure, use of equipment and software, and understanding of photography's role in digital media.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital photography to create a digital image portfolio.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the uses of digital photography across the digital media sector.
  • Tailor a digital image portfolio for a specified digital media destination.
Creating a Digital Media Application Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll learn to create digital media applications for specified platforms, applying app design principles and creation tools. The unit addresses app types, functionality, visual design, and branding considerations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of different app types to the creation of a digital media application.
  • Apply knowledge of app design principles to the creation of a digital media application.
  • Apply knowledge of app creation tools to the creation of a digital media application.
  • Apply knowledge of mobile tech platforms to the creation of a digital media application.
  • Apply knowledge of target audiences to the creation of a digital media application.
  • Create an app for a specified platform.
Creating a Social Media (Content) Strategy Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to develop a social media content strategy to promote a product or service. You'll research and analyse target audiences, select appropriate platforms, and create engaging content aligned with strategic objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the target audience for a product or service
  • Analyse the characteristics of different social media platforms
  • Determine the most suitable social media platforms for reaching the identified audiences
  • Define clear and measurable objectives for the social media content strategy
  • Create engaging and relevant content that aligns with the brand and resonates with the target audience
  • Schedule and publish content across chosen social media platforms
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of the social media content strategy
  • Adapt the social media content strategy based on performance data and audience feedback
Creating an Interactive Website Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply website design concepts and construction processes to create interactive, multi-page websites fulfilling defined purposes. The unit emphasises usability, accessibility, visual design, and user experience analysis.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of website design concepts to create an interactive, multi-page website
  • Apply understanding of website design concepts to create an interactive, multi-page website
  • Apply knowledge of website construction processes to create an interactive, multi-page website
  • Apply understanding of website construction processes to create an interactive, multi-page website
  • Create an interactive, multi-page website which fulfils a defined purpose
Creating and Publishing Digital Content Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides learners with practical skills to create and publish digital content using current content creation tools. You'll generate text, image, and video content and publish it effectively to fulfil a specific purpose.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use a range of current content creation tools to create digital content
  • Use a range of current content creation tools to publish digital content
  • Create and publish digital content to fulfil a specific purpose
Creative Moving Image Editing Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to apply digital moving image editing techniques, tools, and conventions to create edited sequences for specified destinations. You'll understand non-linear editing, video transitions, storytelling elements, and relevant software and hardware.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital moving image editing techniques.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital moving image editing tools.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of digital moving image editing conventions.
  • Create a digitally edited sequence for a specified destination.
Designing 3D Digital Games Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit equips learners with knowledge of games design, production, platforms, and technologies to design a digital game and plan its production. You'll analyse design elements, justify design choices, and outline key production tasks and resources.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of games design to design a digital game
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of games production to design a digital game and plan its production
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of games platforms to design a digital game and plan its production
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of games technologies to design a digital game and plan its production
Designing Effective Workflow for a Digital Media Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop knowledge of digital media production workflows to design efficient and effective processes. The unit includes analysis of workflow stages, impact on production efficiency, design of workflows, and evaluation of their effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of workflow to create an efficient production process
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of workflow to create an effective production process for a defined digital media product
Designing UI for Interactive Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit focuses on designing user interfaces (UI) for interactive digital media applications, applying design models, protocols, and technologies. You'll ensure accessibility, usability, and consistency, and conduct user testing to refine UI designs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of UI design models to the design of interactive digital media.
  • Apply understanding of UI design protocols to the design of interactive digital media.
  • Apply understanding of UI design technologies to the design of interactive digital media.
  • Design the UI for a specified digital media application.
Designing UI for Interactive Digital Media (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll design user interfaces (UI) for interactive digital media applications using knowledge of UI design models, protocols, and technologies. The unit covers selection of design models, application of protocols, and evaluation of UI effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UI design models to design the UI for a specified digital media application
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UI design protocols to design the UI for a specified digital media application
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UI design technologies to design the UI for a specified digital media application
Designing UX for Interactive Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply knowledge of UX design conventions, techniques, platforms, and technologies to create user experiences for specified digital media applications. The unit includes wireframe creation, usability evaluation, and design refinement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UX design conventions to create the UX for a specified digital media application
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UX design techniques to create the UX for a specified digital media application
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UX design platforms to create the UX for a specified digital media application
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of UX design technologies to create the UX for a specified digital media application
Designing UX for Interactive Digital Media (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply UX design principles and techniques to create user experiences for interactive digital media applications. The unit includes user research methods, design conventions, team roles, and evaluation of platforms and technologies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of UX design conventions and principles.
  • Apply UX design techniques to create user-friendly interfaces.
  • Evaluate different platforms and technologies used in UX design for interactive digital media.
  • Create the UX design for a specified digital media application, considering user needs and accessibility.
Designing a Digital Media Application Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit covers the design and production planning of digital media applications for specified audiences. You'll apply user-centred design principles, usability testing, and understand app production stages from concept to launch.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of app design principles and best practices.
  • Apply app production processes to the design of a digital media application.
  • Design a digital media application that meets the needs of a specified audience.
  • Plan the production process for the designed digital media application, including resource allocation and timelines.
Development of Film Making Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit involves analysing the historical development of filmmaking techniques and technologies. You'll evaluate the influence of key individuals, organisations, and socio-economic factors on film aesthetics and storytelling.

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyse the historical development of film making techniques and technologies.
  • Evaluate the impact of key individuals and organisations on the evolution of film making.
  • Assess the influence of social, cultural, and economic factors on film making trends within a defined timeframe.
Digital Character Modelling Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll explore character modelling techniques and technologies to create 3D characters for digital media destinations. The unit includes analysis of character design choices and the application of modelling methods to various scenarios.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of character modelling techniques.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the uses of character modelling across a range of digital media destinations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the technologies involved in character modelling.
  • Create a 3D character for a specified digital media destination.
Editing Sound for Film Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides learners with knowledge of sound editing principles for film, including continuity, pacing, and emotional impact. You'll use industry-standard software to edit, synchronise, and mix dialogue, music, and sound effects effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of sound editing for film
  • Identify the different types of sound used in film (dialogue, music, sound effects)
  • Use appropriate software and tools to edit sound for film
  • Synchronise sound with visuals accurately
  • Apply techniques to improve the clarity and quality of sound recordings
  • Mix and balance different sound elements to create a cohesive soundtrack
  • Apply industry-standard conventions for sound editing in film
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the sound editing in enhancing the overall impact of the film
Film Editing Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to produce edited visual sequences using appropriate processes, tools, and film editing conventions. You'll apply techniques to ensure continuity, pacing, and coherent storytelling within recognised formats and genres.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use appropriate processes to produce an edited visual sequence
  • Apply conventions of film editing to produce an edited visual sequence
  • Use appropriate tools to produce an edited visual sequence
  • Produce an edited visual sequence in a recognised format
  • Produce an edited visual sequence in a recognised genre
Film Studies Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll analyse a chosen film genre or style, defining its key characteristics and historical context. The unit involves researching significant figures and evaluating their contributions to the development of the genre or style.

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyse the key characteristics of a chosen film genre or style.
  • Identify and research the work of significant figures associated with the selected film genre or style.
  • Evaluate the impact and influence of these key exponents on the development of the genre or style.
  • Present a critical analysis of the chosen film genre or style, supported by evidence from the work of key exponents.
Final Project Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll plan and execute the full production of a film project in response to a brief. The unit covers analysing project requirements, developing detailed production plans, managing resources, mitigating risks, budgeting, and applying filming and editing techniques.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan for the full production of a film project in response to a brief.
  • Execute the full production of a film project in response to a brief.
Lighting Techniques for Cameras Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll learn to light single and multi-camera shoots within recognised genres. The unit covers setting up lighting equipment, adjusting lighting levels and colour temperature, creating mood, and maintaining safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use appropriate processes to light a single scene.
  • Use appropriate processes to light a single camera shoot in a recognised genre and format.
  • Use appropriate processes to light a multi camera shoot in a recognised genre and format.
  • Apply lighting conventions to a single scene.
  • Apply lighting conventions to a single camera shoot in a recognised genre and format.
  • Apply lighting conventions to a multi camera shoot in a recognised genre and format.
Making Narrative Imagery Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll explore the production and presentation of narrative imagery, analysing narrative structure and visual storytelling techniques. The unit teaches you to produce a visual narrative tailored to a defined digital media destination.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the production and presentation of narrative imagery.
  • Present a visual narrative appropriate to a defined digital media destination.
Managing a Social Media Campaign Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to manage the implementation of a social media campaign to promote a product, service, or event. You'll set campaign objectives, identify target audiences, implement activities, monitor performance, and adapt strategies based on analysis.

What you'll be able to do

  • Manage the implementation of a social media campaign.
  • Manage the implementation of a social media campaign to promote a specified product.
  • Manage the implementation of a social media campaign to promote a specified service.
  • Manage the implementation of a social media campaign to promote a specified event.
Marketing a Digital Media Product or Service Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides learners with knowledge of marketing roles and processes within the UK digital media industry. You'll identify marketing channels, consider legal and ethical issues, and analyse the impact of marketing strategies on brand awareness and audience engagement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of the role of marketing in the digital media industry in the UK.
  • Apply understanding of the role of marketing in the digital media industry in the UK.
  • Apply knowledge of marketing processes across the digital media industry in the UK.
  • Apply understanding of marketing processes across the digital media industry in the UK.
Marketing a Digital Media Product or Service (Skill Unit) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides an understanding of marketing roles and processes within the UK digital media industry. You'll examine key marketing concepts and analyse their impact on the success of digital media products and services.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the role of marketing in the digital media industry.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of marketing processes in the digital media industry in the UK.
Multi Camera Techniques Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit provides learners with the skills to manage and coordinate multi-camera shoots within recognised genres and formats. You'll understand team roles, pre-production planning, and apply industry-standard camera techniques and safety protocols.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of the processes involved in overseeing a multi-camera shoot.
  • Apply relevant conventions and protocols for multi-camera production.
  • Utilise appropriate equipment and techniques for a multi-camera shoot.
  • Manage and coordinate a multi-camera shoot effectively within a recognised genre and format.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the multi-camera shoot in achieving its intended purpose.
Music Video Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop planning and production skills for music video creation, including concept development, storyboarding, budgeting, and resource management. The unit also addresses legal and ethical considerations relevant to music video production.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the skills to plan effectively for video production.
  • Demonstrate the skills to produce a music video to a brief.
Planning a Career in Creative Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit supports learners in planning a career in the creative digital media sector. You'll identify career paths, evaluate their skills, set realistic goals, and develop detailed action plans to support their professional development.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan effectively to develop a range of knowledge and skills to support future engagement with a career in the creative digital media sector
Planning and Pitching a Digital Media Product or Service Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll plan and deliver pitches for digital media products or services, including idea generation, market research, and detailed planning. The unit develops skills in creating persuasive pitch documents and presentations for prospective investors.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan a digital media product or service idea.
  • Prepare a pitch for a prospective ‘investor’ for a digital media product or service idea.
  • Deliver a pitch to a prospective ‘investor’ of a digital media product or service idea.
Podcast production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll gain knowledge of creating and recording radio programmes or podcasts, including scripting, sound design, and audio editing. The unit also covers the use of recording equipment and evaluation of the production's effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate how to create a radio programme/podcast
  • Demonstrate how to record a radio programme/podcast
  • Evaluate the success of a radio programme/podcast
Practical Analytics Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply knowledge of built-in and external social media analytics tools to interpret data for decision-making. The unit includes identification of analytics tools, data interpretation, and informing the development and refinement of social media strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply understanding of built-in tools for social media analytics.
  • Apply understanding of external tools for social media analytics.
  • Apply understanding of the processes involved in social media analytics.
  • Interpret data to inform decision making around the ongoing development of a social media strategy.
  • Interpret data to inform decision making around the refinement of a social media strategy.
Pre-Production in Creative Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit develops learners' skills in pre-production for digital media projects. You'll conduct research, develop project proposals, create storyboards or visualisations, and manage production schedules and resources to support successful project planning.

What you'll be able to do

  • Undertake effective pre-production activities on a digital media project.
Producing a Digital Media Product or Service Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll plan and produce a digital media product or service in response to a brief. The unit includes analysing requirements, developing production plans, managing resources, evaluating risks, and implementing contingency measures to deliver the final product or service.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan for the production of a digital media product or service in response to a brief.
  • Undertake the production of a digital media product or service in response to a brief.
Project Management in Creative Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll apply project management techniques to oversee digital media productions, including planning, time management, risk identification, and mitigation. The unit covers project lifecycle stages within creative digital media contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge of effective project management techniques in the context of digital media production.
  • Demonstrate understanding of effective project management techniques.
  • Oversee the production of a digital media product using project management techniques.
Promoting a Digital Media Product or Service Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
This unit examines product promotion strategies within the UK digital media industry, including legal and ethical aspects. You'll develop and implement a promotional plan for a specified digital media product targeting an identified market.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of product promotion strategies within the digital media industry in the UK.
  • Demonstrate the ability to promote a specified digital media product effectively.
  • Identify and target a specific market segment for the digital media product.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the promotional activities undertaken.
Research Dissertation Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll produce a structured dissertation addressing a creative digital media question. The unit covers research question formulation, information gathering and analysis from credible sources, clear writing, and the presentation of balanced, well-supported conclusions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Present a structured dissertation.
  • Ensure the dissertation objectively answers a chosen creative digital media-related question.
Short Film Production (Factual) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll plan and undertake the production of a short factual film in response to a brief. They will analyse the brief, research relevant information, develop production plans, allocate resources, and gather footage to complete the film.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the production of a short film in a specified factual genre in response to a brief.
  • Undertake the production of a short film in a specified factual genre in response to a brief.
Short Film Production (Fiction) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
It teaches you to plan and produce a short fiction film in response to a brief. It covers script development, resource management, risk assessment, and justification of creative decisions within the production process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan the production of a short film in a specified fiction genre in response to a brief.
  • Undertake the production of a short film in a specified fiction genre in response to a brief.
Single Camera Techniques Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll learn to set up and run a single camera shoot within a recognised genre and format. The unit covers equipment identification, camera setup and testing, safety procedures, and the application of camera angles, lighting, and sound conventions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Utilise appropriate processes to set up a single camera shoot.
  • Apply relevant conventions when setting up a single camera shoot.
  • Run a single camera shoot in a recognised genre.
  • Run a single camera shoot in a recognised format.
Sound Effects Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop skills in creating sound effects to accompany visual sequences, identifying various types such as hard effects, Foley, and ambience. The unit explores the characteristics and applications of sound effects to enhance atmosphere and realism.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the different types of sound effects used in visual sequences
  • Understand the role of sound effects in enhancing visual storytelling
  • Select appropriate sound effects to complement a visual sequence
  • Use sound recording and editing equipment to create original sound effects
  • Manipulate existing sound recordings to create new and unique sound effects
  • Integrate sound effects into a visual sequence using appropriate software and techniques
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the sound effects in enhancing the overall impact of the visual sequence
Starting a Business in Creative Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll explore entrepreneurial concepts and assess their own abilities to develop a business idea within the creative digital media sector. The unit covers business structures, ethical and sustainable practices, and the identification of viable opportunities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of entrepreneurial principles and practices
  • Assess personal entrepreneurial skills and abilities
  • Identify a viable business idea within the creative digital media sector
  • Evaluate the market potential for the business idea
  • Develop a basic business plan outlining the key aspects of the proposed venture
  • Analyse the resources required to start and operate the business
  • Identify potential sources of funding and support for the business
Starting an Online Business Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll plan and establish an online business by developing a comprehensive business plan. The unit covers legal requirements, market research, target audience identification, and setting up infrastructure such as websites and payment systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop a comprehensive plan for establishing an online business.
  • Determine the target audience and market for the online business.
  • Set up the necessary infrastructure and systems for the online business, including website, payment processing, and customer service.
Testing a Creative Digital Media Product Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll understand quality assurance processes in the creative digital media sector, including testing procedures and documentation conventions. The unit involves practical testing of digital media products and analysing user feedback to evaluate quality assurance effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply understanding of the processes and conventions underpinning effective quality assurance in one area of the creative digital media sector.
  • Test a digital media product.
Understanding Digital Game Platforms Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll understand how different game platforms influence digital game design and realisation. The unit covers the impact of platform characteristics on game mechanics, target audiences, technical considerations, and distribution methods.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the influence of game platforms on digital game design
  • Understand the influence of game platforms on digital game realisation
Using a Game Engine Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll gain knowledge of game engines, their features, and scripting languages to design and implement functional game mechanics. The unit includes comparing different engines and refining game mechanics for specified development tasks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different game engines and their functionalities.
  • Apply knowledge of game engine features to build functional game mechanics.
  • Design and implement game mechanics that contribute to the overall gameplay experience.
  • Test and refine game mechanics to ensure functionality and playability.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen game engine in achieving the desired game mechanics.
Vlog Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll learn to plan, create, present, edit, and deliver vlog episodes tailored to specific audiences and platforms. The unit emphasises effective communication, presentation skills, and appropriate use of recording equipment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan vlog episodes for a specified audience.
  • Create vlog episodes.
  • Present vlog episodes in a format appropriate to a specified audience.
  • Edit vlog episodes.
  • Deliver vlog episodes in a format appropriate to a specified platform.
Writing for Creative Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
You'll develop skills in writing for diverse digital media audiences and destinations. The unit covers audience analysis, adaptation of writing style and tone, creation of engaging copy, and evaluation of its effectiveness for specified digital media contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of writing for a range of digital media audiences and destinations to the creation of copy for specified creative digital media destinations.
03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • Administer and organise the campaign

    Standard
  • Assess and select lighting requirements for film and TV

    Standard
  • Carry out editing projects to brief Legacy

    Standard
  • Co-ordinate the Crew to Position a Camera

    Standard
  • Communicate and Co-ordinate on a Multi-Camera Shoot

    Standard
  • Communicate and Co-ordinate within a Multi-Camera Shoot

    Standard
  • Compositing Animation

    Standard
  • Conduct service design assignments

    Standard
  • Create 3D Animation

    Standard
  • Create an interactive website

    Standard
  • Create computer generated images for animation

    Standard
  • Create content for digital products and services

    Standard
  • Design User Interfaces for Games and Interactive Media Projects

    Standard
  • Design concept and functionality for immersive products

    Standard
  • Develop Digital Workflow

    Standard
  • Devise and evaluate user testing of games and interactive media project outputs

    Standard
  • Edit Sound

    Standard
  • Edit animation

    Standard

Showing 18 of 31 standards these units map to.

04Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Showing 6 roles, drawn from 240 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.

Where this can lead

Marketing Coordinator

This work can lead to roles such as senior marketing specialist or marketing manager, and towards content strategy.

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05The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by RSL Awards Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Animation Techniques for FilmCharacter RiggingCharacter Rigging (Skill Unit)Creating 3D Digital AnimationCreating 3D Digital Animation (Skill Unit)Creating 3D Digital GamesCreating Audio for Digita MediaCreating Audio for Digita Media (Skill Unit)

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach Make the case from “Managing a Social Media Campaign” to me in thirty seconds. I am the person who signs it off and I am already late.
You It would improve engagement and bring us in line with best practice.
The Coach Neither of those costs me anything to say no to. Open with the number that changes if I do nothing.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Pitch it Evaluate

    “Managing a Social Media Campaign” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.

  • Bring your own plan Create

    For “Final Project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.

  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Research Dissertation” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.

  • Lead it Apply

    “Project Management in Creative Digital Media” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

What you leave holding

The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them

Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.

See Your Progress Grow Illustration
RSL Level 3 Extended Certificate in Creative Digital Media
  • Administer and organise the campaign
  • Assess and select lighting requirements for film and TV
  • Carry out editing projects to brief Legacy
  • Co-ordinate the Crew to Position a Camera
  • Communicate and Co-ordinate on a Multi-Camera Shoot
  • Communicate and Co-ordinate within a Multi-Camera Shoot
  • Compositing Animation
  • Conduct service design assignments
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Animation Techniques for Film, one of this qualification's own units.

Animation Techniques for Film Level 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

This unit enables learners to produce animated visual sequences for film using appropriate techniques and tools. Learners will plan the animation process, prepare assets, and apply principles of timing, spacing, and movement to create realistic animations.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.

Your Plan Illustration

Built for RSL Level 3 Extended Certificate in Creative Digital Media

65 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by RSL Awards Ltd.

  1. Animation Techniques for Film
  2. Character Rigging
  3. Character Rigging (Skill Unit)
  4. Creating 3D Digital Animation
  5. Creating 3D Digital Animation (Skill Unit)
  6. Creating 3D Digital Games

and 59 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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