OCR A-Level Film Studies Making Short Film NEA overview quiz quiz

10 per cent

20 per cent

50 per cent

30 per cent

AO3 only

AO1 only

AO2 only

All three equally

A written essay analysing a set film, or a short timed multiple-choice quiz on film theory

A short film of around five minutes, or a screenplay with a digitally photographed storyboard

A factual documentary of around five minutes, or a thirty-second commercial advert for a product

A promotional poster for a cinema release, or a teaser trailer cut from existing footage

Nothing further at all is required beyond submitting the finished production itself

A second completely separate short film made on an entirely different chosen theme

An evaluative analysis in relation to professionally produced set short films

A formal written examination paper sat under timed conditions on the production

Write the script, sell it to a studio, then screen it

Assemble the cast, hire the crew, then hold a premiere

Have the idea, raise the money, then achieve fame

Pre-production, production, post-production

Every choice should make meaning and shape the spectator's response

Record as much raw footage as possible and decide what it all means later on

Copy one of the set short films as closely and exactly as you possibly can

Avoid editing wherever possible so the footage stays natural and unmanipulated

Narrate the production process day by day like a behind-the-scenes shooting diary

Reflect on and compare your choices and their effect against set short films

List the full cast and crew with their roles and the equipment hired

Summarise the plot of the finished short film scene by scene

The full film shot in its entirety and edited to final length

The opening and closing credits sequences only

A key section of the screenplay, photographed digitally

The marketing and promotional campaign

The lengths, formats and marking criteria are fixed forever and have never once changed

Because the exam board is unreliable and frequently makes mistakes in its guidance

There are no fixed requirements, so you may submit work in any form you choose

Lengths, formats, set short films and marking criteria are set by OCR and updated

It is the synoptic, practical application of the film form and styles studied

It is an unrelated standalone task with no link to the written exam content

It replaces both written exam papers and counts for the whole qualification

It is only about marketing and distributing the finished short film commercially