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GCSE Film 2024 Attack the Block »

Richard Gent | Tuesday June 04, 2024

Categories: GCSE Film, Hot Entries

Files you will need for the lessons: Worksheet 1 Film Viewing Notes Worksheet 2 Plot and Story Notes Plot and Narrative Five Major Plot Points Three Act Structure Worksheet 6 Key Sequence Analysis Representation Worksheet 8 In-depth Analysis Film Aesthetics Film Aesthetics (simpler version) Worksheet 9 Summin Up the Film Practicing Application of Glossary Applied Sentence Level Five Major Plot Points and Three Act Structure Applied Five Major Plot Points and Three Act Structure Study Tasks…
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Component 2: Global Film: Narrative, Representation and Film Style »

Richard Gent | Monday June 03, 2024

Categories: GCSE Film

Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes 35% of qualification This component assesses knowledge and understanding of three global films produced outside the US chosen from a range of options. Assessment consists of three questions in three sections: Section A: one stepped question on one global English language film Section B: one stepped question on one global non-English language film Section C: one stepped question on one contemporary UK film. Three films must be chosen for this component.…
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Component 1 : Key Developments in US Films »

Richard Gent | Monday June 03, 2024

Categories: GCSE Film

Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes 35% of qualification This component assesses knowledge and understanding of three US films chosen from a range of options. Assessment consists of four questions on one pair of US mainstream films and one US independent film: Section A: US film comparative study one stepped question on the first of the chosen pair of films (produced between 1930 and 1960) one stepped question on the second of the chosen pair of films (produced between 1961 and 1990) one…
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Making a Short Film »

jclarke | Thursday January 25, 2018

Categories: GCSE Film, IB Film Resources, Teacher Blogs, IB, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Library

With the NEA in mind we have put together a list of things for your students to think about when they approach their filmmaking work for both Eduqas and OCR. There’s a nice opportunity from the very beginning of this work to encourage and support your students in recognising the connection between their own creative work and particular examples from films that they have studied which can inform their creative choices. In turn this will become useful for their reflective analysis and will…
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GCSE Film Language »

Gill Clayton | Saturday September 03, 2011

Categories: GCSE Film, Dictionary, Media & Film Studies Dictionary, Hot Entries, Key Concepts, Film Language

FilmEdu GCSE Film Language.doc Camera Shots Establishing Shot - ES - Establishes where, when and who of a sequence of film. Long Shot - LS - The subject being filmed can be seen from head to foot in their surroundings. Mid/medium Shot - MS - Classic newsreader shot. A person can be seen from the waist upwards. We can still see some of the setting. Close Up - CU - The subject fills the screen. We cannot see much of the background. Big/Extreme Close Up - BCU/ECU - A small detail fills the screen:…
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