Top Tips!
Choose a Passionate Concept
Understand Narrative Structure
Incorporate Cinematic Influences
Storyboard and Plan Visually
Ensure Technical Quality
Write a Strong Evaluative Analysis
Research and Reference Effectively
Keep the Audience in Mind
Proofread and Revise
Follow the Guidelines
Non-exam assessment
Internally assessed, externally moderated by WJEC
60 marks (production, 40 marks, evaluative analysis, 20 marks)
30% of qualification (production, 20%, evaluative analysis, 10%)
This component assesses one production and its evaluative analysis. Learners produce:
either a short film (4-5 minutes) or a screenplay for a short film (1600-1800 words) and a digitally photographed storyboard of a key section from the screenplay (40 marks)
an evaluative analysis (1600 - 1800 words). (20 marks)
Conditions for Completing Production:
Timeframe: It’s recommended learners complete their production in 13-15 weeks to balance production and exam work.
Individual Work: All production work must be the learner’s own, without external help.
Teacher Support: Teachers can provide guidance but the work must be independently done by the learner.
Unassessed Participants:
For filmmaking: Learners must handle their own camerawork and editing. Unassessed participants can act but won't be graded.
For screenwriting/storyboarding: Learners can have unassessed participants in the storyboard shots.
Use of External Material:
Soundtracks can be used if properly acknowledged and for educational purposes.
Up to 10 seconds of found footage may be used if essential, but it won’t count toward the film’s total length.
All external material must be properly credited.
Recommendations:
Use copyright-free material when possible.
Avoid relying on shots that are impossible to film or found footage.
Production brief (last assessment Summer 2026)
Both short film or screenplay should have:
a narrative which has a distinct genre
a narrative which has parallel stories
a non-linear narrative
a narrator
The screenplay must be accompanied by a digitally photographed storyboard of a key section from the screenplay (approximately 2 minutes' screen time, corresponding to approximately two pages of the screenplay and approximately 20 storyboard shots).
Evaluative Analysis (1600-1800 words):
Analyze the production referencing at least three short films (80+ minutes total) from the WJEC compilation. The analysis must include:
Narrative structure: Analysis of narrative features and dramatic qualities, including dialogue.
Cinematic influences: Analysis of visual/audio elements from other films that influenced your work.
Creating meaning and effect: Evaluate how your production generates meanings and responses, referencing professionally produced films or screenplays.
The evaluative analysis must be word-processed, potentially illustrated with screenshots or screenplay extracts (these don’t count toward the word limit).