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Film language and the elements of moving image

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do shot size, camera angle, movement, focus and framing work as film language to direct the audience's attention and feeling?

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).
How cinematography works as 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 directs the audience's attention, conveys information and creates feeling in the Component 1 exam.
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How does editing - the joining of shots and the control of pace - create meaning, time and emotion for the audience?

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).
How editing works as film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: the cut and transitions, pace and rhythm, continuity editing, cross-cutting and the montage of ideas, and how the joining of shots creates meaning, controls time and shapes emotion in the Component 1 exam.
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How does lighting create mood, direct the eye and shape how the audience reads a character or scene?

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).
How lighting works as film language in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: high-key and low-key lighting, three-point lighting, hard and soft light, and the direction and source of light, and how each creates mood, directs the audience's eye and shapes meaning in the Component 1 exam.
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What is mise-en-scene, and how does everything placed within the frame create meaning, mood and information for the audience?

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).
What mise-en-scene means in CCEA GCSE Moving Image Arts: everything placed within the frame - setting, props, costume and make-up, lighting, colour and the staging of actors - and how a film-maker arranges these to build meaning, mood and information for the audience in the Component 1 exam.
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How does sound - dialogue, effects, music and silence - create mood, meaning and information, and how does diegetic differ from non-diegetic sound?

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