CS Tips
source: Film Subject Report May 2022
source: Film Subject Report May 2022
CRITERION A:
JUSTIFY your choice of TASK COMPONENTS
merely pursuing an area of personal passion or social concern is not enough
forcing a topic into one of the three film focus will not prove successful
components must demonstrate how the topic and the film focus are relevant to one another to justify the choice and show knowledge and understanding.
FILM FOCUS
the Film Focus is Genre and Style
when selecting Genre as a Film Focus, make sure the two films selected are in fact the same Genre
when selecting films with the same subject, subject does not equal genre, for example live-action and animated features are not the same genre
students are required to demonstrate JUSTIFICATION of, and KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of all three elements of their task components
make a case for how the chosen topic and films are appropriate and relevant to the film focus.
CITATIONS
DO NOT include only a list of urls for sources referenced. This level of carelessness receives no performance credit.
URL's lacking appropriate information regarding title author and date of the source material are not regarded as 'relevant or appropriate' and therefore score in the bottom mark band.
CRITERION B: seeks to reward skills in developing appropriate film studies discussion, supported by analysis and the use of the subject appropriate terminology.
carefully consider your films and their connection with your chosen topic, and film focus
use your chosen topic as a lens to to study the ways that meaning is constructed in sequences and construct arguments which demonstrate ownership and clear learning
use your film vocabulary, it will keep your CS focused on filmic issues, and analysis
CRITERION C: seeks to reward the skills demonstrated in assembling the study. These are primarily conceptual, structuring the use of audio-visual material to support the discussion and the manner that the study demonstrates consideration of the two films.
successful candidates assembled their studies using a running order of points raised in the narration combined with the most appropriate material from the films or cultural context.
Weaker candidates used appropriate material, but did not always make the connections explicit, while the weakest, failed to commit to their topic and used visual material as a ‘backdrop’ to a monologue without clear engagement or justification for the use of it.
needlessly repeating visual material receives no credit
failing to include on-screen citations compromises performance against this descriptor
Successful candidates demonstrated continuous and equivalent engagement with both films through the study, structuring their work by points made in their discussion
weaker candidates appeared to split their studies in two, addressing the films separately