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Exam and production skills (WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies)

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What is the production (NEA) component, and what does it require?

The production component (Component 3, NEA): an overview of the non-examined assessment, in which learners produce either a moving image extract or a screenplay extract from a set brief, plus an evaluative analysis, drawing on the film form and influences studied across the course.
An overview of the production (Component 3, NEA) in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: producing a moving image or screenplay extract from a set brief plus an evaluative analysis, drawing on the film form studied across the course.
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How do you write about film language to answer the exam questions well?

Exam technique: the structure of the two written components and the assessment objectives, and how to answer film-language questions by analysing the key elements of film form (naming the technique, describing the effect and explaining the meaning) and by managing time across stepped and extended questions.
How to write about film language in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: the structure of the two written components and the assessment objectives, the name-effect-meaning method, and how to manage time across stepped and extended questions.
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