GCSE Moving Image Arts- Three parts

1. GCSE Moving Image Arts- Three parts • 1- An examination- this will be sat in June 2021 and will have three different sections assessing your knowledge and application of film language, the industry itself and practical production understanding. (40%) • 2. Controlled assessment completed in year 11 on a series of tasks given by CEA.(20%) • 3. Controlled assessment where you get to put together all you have learned in creating your own professional production.(Year 12) (40%)

2. Year 11- Term 1Component 1(EXAM)-40% • 1 hour 30 minutes • Watch a range of previously unseen audio and visual clips and short film sequences • Answer questions that assess analysis and evaluation of film language, audience and purpose • Scenario based questions that assess creative and production management skills.

3. Year 11-Term One • In term one-you will be analysing six film genres as set by CEA (the examination board): • Horror • The Western • Action/adventure • Romantic Comedy • Science Fiction • Crime

4. Year 11 Term 1- Film Language, Genre Theory, Narratives, representations • You will be studying these film “types” to identify how they are different, how they are the same and why genre is so important to film producers and audiences. • You will be looking at how narratives are created and how audiences respond to them. • Representation- How film uses a frame to create a world and people that we recognise but who are not real.

5. Year 11: Term Two: • You will be learning and studying film language, in detail. • You will be completing the four set tasks for your CA • These will be giving you the skills you need to prepare you for your final Controlled Assessment in year 12.

6. Year 11 Assessment- component 2-20% Term 2 • Skills in moving image production • Complete four tasks that test: • Storyboarding • Camera and editing • Sound • Animation

7. Year 11: Term three: • Industry Practices and Contexts • This is the business and the practical side of film making. • Health and safety • Scheduling • Film Distribution, marketing, how studios work.

8. Assessment –component 3- 40-%Year 12 • Compulsory controlled assessment portfolio: • Research analysis • Pre-production material • A completed moving image produce • An evaluation

9. In short you will be: • Analysing and watching films • Making films • Editing films • Evaluating and writing about what you see and what you do.

10. Who is the course for: • Film enthusiasts who genuinely enjoy film and want to learn more about the practical and theoretical side of film-making. • People who understand that there is a lot of work to do with film theory. • Creative and hardworking students who realise that there will be quite a bit of writing to do.

11. Who is it not for: • People who fancy having a go with a camera • People who believe that Moving Image Arts is about watching films • Anyone who thinks you will be writing less- you will be analysing film in as much detail as you study a novel! • Anyone who thinks that making a film or using editing software is easy.

12. Careers and Further Study • We offer the subject at A Level between ourselves and Kilkeel High school. • There are many universities that offer film studies • It would be extremely useful for a career in the media or film industry which is flourishing right now in NI