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.

What this dot point is asking

This dot point is a concise overview of the production component, Component 3, the non-examined assessment (NEA) of WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies. You need to know what it requires at a high level: that learners produce either a moving image extract or a screenplay extract in response to a set brief, accompanied by an evaluative analysis, and that the production draws on the key elements of film form and the influences gained from the films studied. The production is internally assessed and moderated, and it is where AO3 is tested. This is an overview, not a full how-to of filmmaking.

What the production component is

The two routes and the set brief

The evaluative analysis and assessment

Try this

Q1. What two routes can a learner choose for the production, and what accompanies the work? [Knowledge recall]

• Cue. Learners produce either a moving image extract or a screenplay extract in response to a set brief, accompanied by a written evaluative analysis reflecting on the creative choices made.

Q2. Explain why the production is described as synoptic. [Short analysis]

• Cue. Because it draws together everything learned across the course - the key elements of film form, genre, narrative and style, and the influences of the films studied - and applies that understanding in practice to create meaning in the learner's own moving image or screenplay work.