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While it is designed specifically for CCEA's Moving Image Arts qualifications, it is also a valuable resource for all teachers of media and film studies. Teachers in England, Scotland and Wales can discover full information about links to their relevant specifications in the separate Moving Image Arts Curriculum Links document, available to download at bit.ly/1X3qmyW. The selection of clips curated by CCEA's senior exam team contains films from a wide variety of genres, spanning the early history of cinema to recent releases.

It is accompanied by the Moving Image Arts PowerPoint presentations. Further support is available in the form of Film language prompt cards.

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Moving Image Arts 9. Visual effects techniques

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Moving Image Arts PowerPoint 10. Realist techniques

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Moving Image Arts PowerPoint 5. Editing techniques

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Moving Image Arts PowerPoint 6. Sound effects

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