Moving Image Arts syllabus, dot point by dot point

Classic continuity editing (the Hollywood continuity system) in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: invisible editing, the 180-degree rule, the establishing shot, shot-reverse-shot, match on action and eyeline match, and how the system creates a seamless, believable flow of space and time (Component 1).

The expressive or discontinuity approach in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: editing that deliberately breaks the continuity rules - the jump cut, the French New Wave, disorientating or stylised cutting - to create feeling, draw attention to the form, and produce an expressive effect, contrasted with seamless continuity (Component 1).

Soviet montage in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the 1920s Soviet approach to editing developed by Eisenstein and Kuleshov, the Kuleshov effect, montage as the collision and juxtaposition of shots to create new meaning and emotion, and how it contrasts with continuity editing (Component 1).

Cinematography and the camera as an element of film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: shot size, camera angle, camera movement, focus and depth of field, and framing and composition, and how each is used to direct the audience's attention, convey information and create feeling (Component 1).

Editing as an element of film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the cut and transitions, pace and rhythm, continuity editing and its devices, cross-cutting and the montage of ideas, and how editing creates meaning, controls time and shapes the audience's emotion (Component 1).

Lighting as an element of film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: high-key and low-key lighting, the three-point lighting set-up, hard and soft light, the direction and source of light, and how lighting creates mood, directs attention and shapes meaning (Component 1).

Mise-en-scene as an element of film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: setting and location, props, costume and make-up, lighting within the frame, colour, and the staging of actors, and how these are arranged to create meaning, mood and information for the audience (Component 1).

Sound as an element of film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: diegetic and non-diegetic sound, dialogue, sound effects and ambient sound, music and score, silence, and synchronous and asynchronous sound, and how each creates mood, meaning and information for the audience (Component 1).

Analysing an unseen film extract in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the Component 1 exam skill of reading previously unseen audiovisual stimuli, combining film language, genre and narrative into method-effect points, and analysing and evaluating meaning, audience and purpose under timed conditions (Component 1).

Genre in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: how genre classifies films by shared conventions, the role of iconography, setting, character types and narrative patterns, the contract of audience expectation, and how films repeat, mix (hybridity) or subvert genre conventions (Component 1).

Narrative in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: narrative structure and the equilibrium-disruption-resolution pattern, the difference between story and plot, linear and non-linear structure, openings and endings, and narrative point of view, and how these shape the audience's experience (Component 1).

Representation and audience in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: how films construct representations of people, groups and places (class, gender, age, place), the use of stereotypes, the idea of the target audience, and how a film addresses its audience and serves its purpose (Component 1).

Component 2 Acquisition of Skills in Moving Image Production in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the controlled assessment worth 20 percent in which students complete four CCEA-set tasks - storyboarding, camera and editing, sound, and animation - to build the practical skills of film-making (overview).

Component 3 Planning and Making a Moving Image Product in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the controlled assessment portfolio worth 40 percent in which students respond to a CCEA production brief with a research analysis, preproduction material, a completed two-minute moving image product, and an evaluation (overview).

The production process and roles in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the three stages of production - preproduction, production and postproduction - and the key film-making roles of screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor, and how film-making is a collaborative process (overview).