Marking criteria

Print

Level 4

The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in most of the following technical skills:

• using IT appropriately for the task set;

• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;

• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;

• accurate use of language and register;

• appropriately integrating illustration and text;

• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;

• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;

• shooting material appropriate to the task set;

• selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;

• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including within text, within particular IT programmes, cropping and resizing.

Film/Television/Video

Level 4

The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in most of the following technical skills:

• holding a shot steady, where appropriate;

• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;

• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;

• shooting material appropriate to the task set;

• selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;

• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;

• using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately;

• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task.