CCEA A-Level Moving Image Arts A2 1 Advanced Portfolio overview quiz quiz

As non-examined coursework that is externally moderated by CCEA

By an unseen written examination

By a multiple-choice online test

By a panel interview

The shot list

The Illustrated Essay

The storyboard

The evaluation

The exam board's mark scheme

The candidate's own school

A chosen film practitioner and their techniques

The history of cinema technology

The practitioner's biography and personal life

A summary of the plots of the practitioner's films

Box-office figures and awards

How the practitioner's technical choices create meaning

The candidate's own original concept

A faithful remake of a studied film

Chosen by the exam board

Identical to the AS Foundation Portfolio piece

Shorter and simpler

Longer and more sophisticated

Exactly the same length

Replaced by a written report

Because they are submitted on the same day

Because the essay is graded twice

Because the research should visibly inform the creative choices in the film

Because the film is not marked

A long quotation from a biography

A list of the practitioner's awards

An unrelated promotional poster

An annotated frame from the practitioner's work

A film movement studied for the A2 2 examination

A list set by the candidate's parents

Only contemporary blockbusters

Television advertising

Nothing; there is no written component

The Illustrated Essay

The evaluation only

A multiple-choice test

Copy an Expressionist film shot for shot

Ignore the research and shoot freely

Apply techniques such as low-key lighting and distorted design to an original idea

Use only natural light and location sound

Choosing a practitioner whose techniques suit the idea

Evidencing analysis with annotated frames

Developing an original concept

Writing the Illustrated Essay as a biography that never reaches the film