Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand a range of visual and sound techniques used within movies.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Analyse how camera angle, shot, movement and position is used in movies, within a given genre.

  • 1.2.

    Evaluate the rules of continuity editing.

  • 1.3.

    Analyse mise-en-scene and special effects used in movies, within a given genre.

  • 1.4.

    Analyse how sound is used in movies, within a given genre, to shape meaning


2.

Understand the concept of gender representation in televisual narratives.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Analyse the narrative structure of televisual narratives.

  • 2.2.

    Evaluate the function of stereotypes and archetypes in televisual narratives.


3.

Understand through comparison, the values and social signification in televisual narratives.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Explain media forms and conventions employed in televisual narratives.

  • 3.2.

    Compare and contrast the values and social signification demonstrated in two television narratives.


4.

Understand the presence of ideology within contemporary visual narratives.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Explore how televisual narratives either reinforce or challenge ideologies.

  • 4.2.

    Discuss how ideology links to perceived audience expectations in the narrative of film and television trailers.