2.1.2 Film Techniques and Dialogue
Analyse how camera work, music, sound, lighting, costume, make-up and Welsh dialogue create identity and meaning.
How to use this English-interface Cymraeg guide
Read the strategy in English, then return to the Welsh source: quote and analyse its exact wording and produce every assessed response in accurate Cymraeg.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Camera position, framing, movement and editing choices
Exam cue: Confirm the current WJEC route, unit, task and assessment control before choosing a reading, writing or speaking strategy.
Concept 2
Music, sound, lighting, costume and make-up
Exam cue: Name the film choice, locate it in a specific moment and explain how image, sound or Welsh dialogue shapes the viewer's interpretation.
Concept 3
Welsh dialogue, delivery, register and interaction as evidence of identity
Exam cue: Use the English guidance to plan the skill, but cite, analyse and produce the assessed response in accurate Welsh.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Listing film techniques without explaining their combined effect on character or identity.
Guardrail: Do not translate away the assessed Welsh, bind optional texts universally or combine mutually exclusive award routes.
Answering the assessed task in English or translating away the Welsh wording, quotation, register, grammar or literary effect being assessed.
Guardrail: Do not translate away the assessed Welsh, bind optional texts universally or combine mutually exclusive award routes.
Binding every learner to an optional centre-selected text, poem or stimulus, or combining Single and Double Award units into one route.
Guardrail: Use Units 1-3 plus 4a for Single or Units 1-3 plus 4b, 5 and 6 for Double; never add weights or tasks across routes.
Memory anchors
gwaith camera
Camera choices such as shot, angle, movement and framing.
sain
Sound, including effects, ambience, silence and vocal delivery.
goleuo
Lighting used to shape focus, mood and interpretation.
gwisg
Costume as visual evidence of identity, context and change.
colur
Make-up as part of visual character construction.
deialog
Welsh spoken exchange whose wording and delivery convey meaning.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What does the opening wide shot emphasise?
Why use a close-up of the hidden bracelet?
Answer all questions to submit.
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