The AS is the first part of the full Advanced GCE course. It consists of one teaching and learning module which is assessed through two assessment units: AS 1 (coursework) and AS 2 (an on-line examination). It will be assessed at a standard appropriate for candidates who have completed the first half of the full Advanced GCE course. The AS can be taken as a stand-alone qualification without progression to A2, based on the aggregated marks of assessment units AS 1 and 2.

The coursework assignments for Units AS 1 and A2 1 will be marked by teachers and submitted to CCEA for moderation.

Rationale

Moving image as an art form has become increasingly significant within our cultural lives. Whether accessed through cinema, television, DVD or the Internet, for many young people, moving image acts as a primary source of information and knowledge about the world around them. We live in a climate of rapidly developing multi-media technologies, with greater accessibility than ever before.

Moving Image Arts actively embraces the creative and artistic potential of these developments, allowing young people to approach moving image expressively as a means to communicate and explore their ideas and imagination.

Assessment Objectives

AO 1 CREATE moving image artworks (60% weighting), demonstrating:

At AS:

• a sense of artistic purpose and communication with clearly articulated and developed creative intentions;

• organisation and development of ideas using conventional formal and stylistic techniques appropriate to intentions;

AO 2 RESPOND to moving image artworks (40% weighting), demonstrating:

At AS:

• knowledge and understanding of conventional forms, styles and practices employed within the specification’s two compulsory moving image art forms;

• analysis and evaluation of conventional forms, styles and functions employed within the specification’s two compulsory moving image art forms;

ASSESSMENT UNIT AS 1 – Creative Production: Foundation Portfolio (AS:70% AL:35%)

Using an initial idea or theme of their own choosing as a starting point, candidates will be expected to create a complete narrative moving image artwork of their own, working formally and stylistically within the parameters and conventions of a particular mainstream genre or category of moving image art.

Candidates can choose to work in a genre or formal category from within one of the specification’s two-core moving image art forms: Film or Animation. Their finished artwork should be supported by evidence of the creative processes and practices undertaken to realise it and by an evaluation of the formal and stylistic outcome. These written, illustrated and audio-visual materials will combine to form a Foundation Portfolio in Creative Production.

ASSESSMENT UNIT AS 2 – Critical Response (AS: 30% 1½ hours)

In an online examination context, candidates will be expected to respond critically to three questions relating to unseen moving image clips chosen from the specification’s two compulsory moving image art forms: Film and Animation. Each question will feature one clip selected from either Film or Animation. Both forms will feature at least once in the overall exam.

Entry Requirements

No formal qualifications.