Specification points

Edexcel BTEC National Diploma in Film and Television Visual Effects 601/7471/7

54 points in 13 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.

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3 Digital Media Skills

3A Source and create assets
3B Preparing editing and/or manipulating assets
3C Create/build a media product

7 Media Enterprise

7A A brief for a new media product or service
7B Enterprise skills in planning a new media product
7C Producing a new digital media product or service
7D Review media enterprise skills

8 Responding to a Commission

8A Rationale for ideas in response to a commission
8B Developing a response to a commission
8C Operational considerations of the proposal
8D Presentation of creative ideas

10 Film Production – Fiction

10A Understand codes and conventions of fictional film production
10B Produce material for a fictional film of a specified genre
10C Post-production of a fictional film in a specified genre

18 Storyboarding for Digital Media

18A Understand the use of storyboards in a range of digital media sectors
18B Explore storyboard skills for production purposes
18C Create and review storyboards for digital creative media production

20 Single Camera Techniques

20A Understand single camera productions
20B Explore single camera techniques
20C Produce a single camera production

21 Film Editing

21A Understand the techniques and applications of editing for film and television
21B Editing tools, techniques and conventions for a purpose
21C Create a digitally edited sequence for a specific purpose

24 Sound Editing

24A Understand the reasons for editing factual and fictional recorded digital sound
24B Investigate the equipment, techniques and procedures for editing recorded digital sound
24C Edit recorded digital sound for media artefacts

33 2D Animation

33A Purposes and techniques of 2D animation in the media industry
33B 2D animation tools and techniques for a media product
33C Creating a 2D animation with industry techniques

36 Lighting Techniques

36A Understand how lighting creates meaning in media production
36B Investigate the technology and lighting techniques used in the industry
36C Set up lighting equipment safely for a range of purposes

37 Visual Effects

37A Approaches to and purposes of visual effects in the media industry
37B Visual effects tools and techniques for a media purpose
37C Create a composited visual effects sequence for a specific media purpose

41 3D Environments

41A Understand 3D game environments
41B Design a 3D game environment
41C Produce a 3D game environment in a 3D game engine

43 3D Digital Animation

43A Purposes and techniques of 3D animation in the media industry
43B 3D animation tools and techniques for a media product
43C Create a digital 3D animation for a specific media purpose