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A-Level Moving Image Arts (CCEA) — a genuine GCE A-Level (graded A*-E, not Applied) and the sole UK provider; practical portfolios with critical-response examinations.
Overview
A-Level Moving Image Arts (CCEA) — a genuine GCE A-Level (graded A*-E, not Applied) and the sole UK provider; practical portfolios with critical-response examinations.
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
Camera, editing, sound, lighting and mise-en-scene.
Conventional and non-conventional narrative and genre codes.
Continuity (invisible) editing and realist storytelling.
Bazin's realism: the long take, deep focus, hand-held camera, naturalistic acting and diegetic sound.
Expressive editing, lighting and mise-en-scene set against realist transparency.
The five-stage portfolio workflow.
Scripting, storyboarding, shot lists and the director's notebook.
Producing a live-action sequence or an animation, with technique choice and workflow.
Constructing meaning and pace, from continuity cutting to montage.
Diegetic and non-diegetic sound, dialogue, effects and music in creating mood.
The AS production in the Classical Hollywood Style with realist and/or formalist techniques.
The auteur through Hitchcock: point of view, close-ups, cross-cutting, montage and suspense.
Vertical integration, craft departments, genre production and house styles.
Soviet Montage, German Expressionism and Film Noir.
Study of a practitioner's signature style leading to an illustrated essay that informs an original film.
Italian Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, Cinema Verite and Poetic Realism.
Written analysis of unseen sequences and comparison across two clips.
Justifying creative choices of film language in response to unseen material.
Where this subject applies
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AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
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