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Key elements of film form (WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies)

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How is cinematography used to create meaning and generate response in a film?

Cinematography as a key element of film form: camerawork (shot type, camera angle, camera movement, framing and composition, focus and depth of field) and lighting and colour, and how each choice creates meaning and generates a response in the viewer.
How cinematography creates meaning in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: shot types, camera angle and movement, framing and composition, focus and depth of field, and lighting and colour, and how to write about them analytically.
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How is editing used to create meaning and generate response in a film?

Editing as a key element of film form: how shots are selected and joined, including transitions (cut, fade, dissolve, wipe), continuity editing, the pace and rhythm of cutting, and montage and juxtaposition, and how these create meaning and generate a response.
How editing creates meaning in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: transitions, continuity editing, the pace and rhythm of cutting, and montage and juxtaposition, with the skill of analysing how shots are joined.
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How is sound used to create meaning and generate response in a film?

Sound as a key element of film form: diegetic and non-diegetic sound, dialogue, the musical score, sound effects, silence and the sound bridge, and how these create meaning and generate a response in the viewer.
How sound creates meaning in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: diegetic and non-diegetic sound, dialogue, score, sound effects, silence and sound bridges, with the skill of analysing the soundtrack for effect.
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How is mise-en-scene used to create meaning and generate response in a film?

Mise-en-scene as a key element of film form: everything placed within the frame, including setting and location, props, costume, hair and make-up, staging and blocking, and the use of lighting and colour within the scene, and how these create meaning and generate a response.
How mise-en-scene creates meaning in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: setting, props, costume, hair and make-up, staging and blocking, and lighting and colour within the frame, with the skill of analysing them for effect.
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How is performance used to create meaning and generate response in a film?

Performance as an element of film form: how actors create meaning through facial expression, gesture and body language, movement and posture, vocal delivery (tone, pace and volume) and the use of space between characters (proxemics), and how this generates a response.
How performance creates meaning in WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies: facial expression, gesture and body language, movement, vocal delivery and proxemics, with the skill of analysing acting choices for effect.
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