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Key Stage 5

GCE MOVING IMAGE ARTS

If you enjoy watching films, being creative or developing your technical and analytical skills then you should consider Moving Image Arts.  The two year course will teach you some of the main developments in cinema history, film language and all the skills you need to plan and produce your own short film. 
 
CCEA are the only examination board to offer this innovative subject which allows students to develop a range a skills including:
  • technical and expressive competence making films
  • critical understanding of film language,narrative and audience
  • developing the ability to manage resources, people and equipment
  • using their initiative and evaluating their effectiveness.
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Unit AS 1: Realist and Formalist Techniques and the Classical Holywood Style: Foundation Portfolio
Students produce:
  • a statement of intention;
  • pre-production materials;
  • one 3-4 minute narrative film sequence or 1.5-2 minute animation sequence based on provided stimuli; and
  • an evaluation.
Teachers mark the coursework and CCEA moderate the result
60% of AS

24% of A Level
Unit AS 2: Critical Response
Students take a 1 hour 30 minute online examination with questions on clips from set study areas.
  • Section A - Alfred Hitchcock and the Classical Holywood Style
  • Section B - Formalisation: Early European Cinema and American Expressionism
 CCEA set the examination and mark it.
40% of AS

16% of A level
Unit A2 1: Creative Production and Research: Advanced Portfolio
Students produce:
  • an illustrated essay;
  • pre-production materials;
  • one 4-7 minute long narrative film or 2-3.5 minute long animation; and
  • an evaluation.
Teachers mark the coursework and CCEA moderate the results.
36% of A level
Unit A2 2: Advanced Critical Response
Students take a 2 hour 15 minute online examination with questions based on clips from set study areas and an unseen script.
  • Section A - Realism: Narrative and Visual Style
  • Section B - Creative Exercise
  • Section C - Comparative Analysis
CCEA set the examination and mark it.
24% of A level


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