GCSE Digital Media and Film
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Digital Media and Film is a high literacy GCSE: learners analyse film, game and news texts including an unseen extract, write comparative and evaluative answers, research and write a Welsh industry case study, script productions and keep a reflective log. Numeracy is light and never calculated in the examination, limited to reading audience and success figures and handling timings for editing, trailers and release schedules. The single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is analytical writing about moving image, where pupils name a technique precisely and explain its effect on an audience.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2026
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Exploring key concepts and issues: On-screen examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 60 marks, 30%
- Unit 2: Distribution and exhibition strategies of digital media and film industries in Wales: Non-examination assessment, portfolio based, 18 hours, 72 marks, 30%
- Unit 3: Creating digital media and film content: Non-examination assessment, assignment based, no time restriction, 96 marks, 40%
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg
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Writing for a target audience: mission statement, tagline and justification
Learners propose a new production company with a mission statement, tagline and target audience, then write distribution and exhibition strategies and justify their choices and intended impact. This needs concise persuasive writing alongside clear reasoned justification.
Llythrennedd: Cynllunio a threfnu ar gyfer gwahanol ddibenion, cynulleidfaoedd a chyd-destunau, Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils invent a tagline of no more than eight words for a class film and explain in one sentence who it is aimed at.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils write a three-sentence mission statement for an imaginary Aberdare film company and swap with a partner to check it states purpose, goals and values.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils plan a local screening event for a short film and write a paragraph justifying the venue, date and poster design for their chosen audience.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2, Section 2.1.3, page 21
“justify the chosen strategies, including the intended impact of the strategies”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu addasu arddull a strwythur fy ysgrifennu i fod yn addas i'r gynulleidfa, y diben a'r cyd-destun, e.e. cydbwysedd addas rhwng ffeithiau a safbwyntiau, casgliad penodol.
Rwy’n gallu gwneud dewisiadau priodol am eirfa, iaith idiomatig a chystrawen er mwyn mynegi fy hun yn rhugl ac yn eglur ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd gwahanol ac at ddibenion gwahanol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu addasu fy arddull ysgrifennu, gan ddewis a defnyddio'r strwythurau gorau ar gyfer gwahanol gyd-destunau a dibenion, e.e. i ddisgrifio, esbonio, darbwyllo, trafod yn llwyddiannus.
Rwy'n gallu ysgrifennu am fy meddyliau, fy nheimladau a fy marn gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau, e.e. iaith emosiynol, gor-ddweud, dewis rhagenwau (chi, ni), i ddangos effaith.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu crynhoi gyda hyder, gan addasu arddull a ffurf yn ôl y darllenydd neu'r gynulleidfa fwriadedig a diben y gwaith ysgrifennu.
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio strategaethau priodol i gynllunio a datblygu fy ngwaith ysgrifennu ar gyfer amrywiaeth heriol o wahanol ddibenion a chynulleidfaoedd.
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Using subject terminology accurately
The glossary sets out terms such as mise-en-scène, diegetic sound, binary opposition, prosumer and electronic press kit. Learners need to spell and use this vocabulary precisely in examination answers, the portfolio and the reflective log.
Llythrennedd: Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils learn and test the spelling of ten camera shot and angle terms, then label stills from a film with the correct term.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils build a personal glossary of sound and editing terms, such as diegetic, non-diegetic and dissolve, with a definition and an example from a clip.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils rewrite a vague film review paragraph, replacing everyday words with precise terms such as mise-en-scène, low key lighting and binary opposition.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Appendix B, Glossary of Terminology, page 34
“to aid learners in articulating their ideas using subject-specific terminology”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio geirfa amrywiol, briodol a manwl gywir, gan gynnwys geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth at ddibenion gwahanol.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau amlsillafog, cymhleth ac afreolaidd yng nghyd-destun pob maes dysgu a phrofiad.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o strategaethau ac adnoddau i sillafu geirfa gyfarwydd ac anghyfarwydd a geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth yn gywir.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol yn fanwl gywir.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geiriau academaidd cyffredinol mewn cyd-destunau priodol.
Da gwybod
- Unit 1 is an 'On-screen examination: 1 hour 30 minutes' worth 60 marks, with 'objective responses, short and extended answers' including 'unseen media works' (Summary of assessment, page 5), so pupils type their extended answers.
- The specification awards no separate marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar or accuracy of language, and says nothing about calculators, dictionaries or word limits (checked across the whole specification).
- Unit 2 is a portfolio under time control: 'Learners will have 18 hours to complete the assessment' (Section 3.2, page 27), so research and writing must be efficient.
- Unit 3 has 'no restriction on the amount of time candidates spend on the assessment' and requires learners to 'Produce a reflective log' alongside two production pieces (Section 3.2, pages 27 and 28).
- Assessment Objective 3, 'Reflect on, analyse and evaluate own work and the work of others', carries 30% of the qualification, split 15% Unit 1, 10% Unit 2 and 5% Unit 3 (Section 3.1, page 26).
- Pre-production planning such as 'storyboards, scripts, hand drawn or digital mock-ups' may be handwritten or digital (Unit 3, Section 3.1.1, page 23).
- Appendix A (page 32) flags literacy (listening, reading, speaking, writing) in all three units but flags numeracy only against the non-examination units.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
At Key Stage 3 this reading and writing work overlaps closely with English film and media units, and the news reliability work links to Humanities and Digital Technology, so a shared analytical paragraph frame across departments would help.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Digital Media and Film specification, teaching from 2026, for award from 2028, Version 2, September 2026.