Exam and production skills overview quiz - WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies quiz

Two

Three

Four

Five

20 per cent

25 per cent

35 per cent

50 per cent

45 minutes

1 hour

1 hour 30 minutes

2 hours 30 minutes

Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of elements of film

Producing a screenplay

Marketing a film

Counting box office takings

Listing the cast

Designing a poster

Editing a real film

Applying knowledge by analysing how film form creates meaning

In Component 1 only

In both written papers

Only in Component 3, the production

It is not assessed at GCSE

Name the technique, describe its effect, explain its meaning

Summarise, retell, conclude

Watch, enjoy, rate

List, count, total

Describing the effect and explaining the meaning of a technique, not just naming it

Naming more techniques

Writing a longer plot summary

Saying whether you liked the film

Spend equal time on every question regardless of marks

Write the most on the lowest-tariff questions

Answer only the first question

Spend your time by the marks, saving most for extended responses

A multiple-choice test

A spoken exam

A non-examined assessment worth 30 per cent: a moving image or screenplay extract plus an evaluative analysis

A written exam on US film

Acting or directing

A poster or a trailer

A review or an essay

A moving image extract or a screenplay extract

A written evaluative analysis reflecting on the creative choices made

A multiple-choice quiz

A second film

A marketing plan

Because it is short

Because it draws together film form, genre, narrative and style and the influences of the films studied

Because it is filmed in one take

Because it has no analysis

Analysing film language

Using correct terminology

Reaching a judgement in extended answers

Summarising the plot instead of analysing film language