GCSE in Moving Image Arts
This new specification in Moving Image Arts is available for first teaching from September 2009. We will make the first awards in 2011.
GCSE Moving Image Arts follows on from the new requirement to teach the moving image at Key Stage 3 in English and Art and Design. It builds on this basic introduction and bridges the gap to the existing GCE Moving Image Arts specification.
Two key moving image art forms underpin this specification:
- film (live action fictional narrative films); and
- animation (rostrum, stop motion and CGI animated narrative films).
This specification focuses on how to create moving image products, and the genres within film-making. Students plan and create moving image products, and analyse and critically evaluate moving image genres.
Through studying this specification, students:
- develop an understanding of film language in theory and practice;
- develop ideas through investigating and experimenting with film-making techniques and processes;
- develop the ability to manage resources and equipment in relation to film production and produce moving image artworks;
- develop technical competence in the use of film-making techniques; and
- evaluate the effectiveness of their own practice.