Skills for Life: Digital Film and Media
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg Pearson.
Digital film and media is a Skills for Life unit in which learners plan, shoot and edit a short film of their own, from a simple image sequence with a text title at Entry 1 to a researched, storyboarded film of three to four minutes at Level 2. It is one 20 hour unit that learners combine with others into a Pearson Skills for Life Award, Certificate or Diploma, achieved at one level from Entry 1 to Level 2. Assessment is internal. Digital demand is high: every level requires learners to take their own images or footage and make a film with editing software, adding titles, audio and effects, and to keep a process log of planning and production.
- Corff dyfarnu
- Pearson
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 20
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Uchel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r uned hon yn cael ei hasesu
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): One assessment criterion at each of Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3: demonstrate digital media skills and techniques to make a short film on a topic set by the teacher, from 8 to 10 of the learner's own images at Entry 1 to 18 to 20 images with a storyline, audio track and effects at Entry 3, with a simple process log. Evidence is internally assessed by the centre, with Pearson standards verification. Graded Pass or Fail. 20 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: One assessment criterion at each of Level 1 and Level 2: develop digital media skills and techniques (and at Level 2 digital media conventions) to produce a short film on a chosen subject, one to two minutes from a storyboard or shot list at Level 1, and three to four minutes with more than 10 of the learner's own shots, researched and planned, at Level 2, with a process log. Evidence is internally assessed by the centre, with Pearson standards verification. Graded Pass or Fail. 20 guided learning hours.
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
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Keeping a process log of planning and production
Entry 1 and Entry 2 learners contribute to a simple process log showing progress, Entry 3 and Level 1 learners produce their own log, and Level 2 learners produce a detailed log showing research, planning and production. The log can record decisions, screenshots of editing and changes made. This is required at every level.
DCF: Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils keep a simple diary of each filming lesson, writing one sentence and adding one screenshot of what they did.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils keep a digital log of their film project with dated entries explaining why they chose each shot.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils write a production log covering research, planning, filming and editing, with screenshots of the edit timeline and reasons for their choices.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit SfL 6, Essential information for assessment decisions, Entry 1 to Level 1, page 35, Level 2, page 36
“They produce a detailed process log showing the research, planning and production of the film”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu esbonio rhesymau dros gynllun a chynnwys fy ngwaith fy hun a gwaith pobl eraill.
Rwy'n gallu sôn am y rhesymau dros y cynllun a'r cynnwys.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu cyfiawnhau’r rhesymau dros ddewisiadau ac esbonio manteision ac anfanteision y gwahanol allbynnau digidol rwy’n eu creu.
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Making informed creative choices using media conventions
The Level 2 criterion asks learners to use digital media conventions in their film, and Level 2 learners are expected to manage the project and make informed creative choices. Entry 3 learners make basic choices about filming. This is required at Level 2 and in simpler form at Entry 3.
DCF: Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol, Creu cynnwys digidol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils watch two short film openings and spot the title, music and shot types used to set the mood.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils choose music and a font for a film title to suit a happy or a tense mood and explain their choice.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils use conventions such as an establishing shot, captions and a closing credit in their film and justify each choice in their log.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit SfL 6, Assessment criteria, Level 2, page 34; Levels of supervision and support, page 36
“managing their project responsibly and making informed creative choices”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu sicrhau bod yr allbwn yn briodol at ddiben penodol.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio offer meddalwedd i wella’r canlyniadau ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd penodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu cyfiawnhau’r rhesymau dros ddewisiadau ac esbonio manteision ac anfanteision y gwahanol allbynnau digidol rwy’n eu creu.
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio amrywiaeth o feddalwedd, offer a dulliau priodol i greu, addasu a chyfuno cydrannau aml-gyfrwng ar gyfer amrywiaeth o gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, megis:
- testun a delweddau, e.e. archwilio a defnyddio dulliau addasu delweddau yn effeithiol; archwilio a defnyddio’r agweddau niferus ar gynllun dogfen yn briodol; defnyddio animeiddiad, effeithiau fideo a sain fel adlais, tempo, amlen, haenu, cyfradd fframiau, fframiau allweddol
- cyflwyniad, e.e. defnyddio offer dylunio; addasu themâu a lliwiau at y diben; creu templedi meistr.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu cyfiawnhau rhesymeg i gynulleidfaoedd beirniadol o ran cynllun a chynnwys fy ngwaith digidol.
Da gwybod
- The unit is "Unit SfL 6: Digital film and media" with 20 guided learning hours (Unit summary, page 5).
- A unit counts once: "Learners can only achieve each unit once, at a single level" (Assessment of units, page 9).
- All footage must be the learner's own: at Level 2 the film needs more than 10 shots, "all of which must have been taken by the learner" (Essential information for assessment decisions, page 36).
- Software is flexible: Entry levels use "easy-to-use software", and at Level 2 "Any software which is appropriate to the experience of the learners can be used" (Essential information, pages 35 and 36). Centres need cameras or devices and editing software, though "No resources are explicitly prohibited" (page 37).
- Effects are not needed at every level: at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Level 1 "Audio-visual effects may be used but are not essential for assessment purposes" or similar, while Entry 3 requires some effects (Essential information, page 35).
- Teachers set the topic at Entry levels; at Level 1 and Level 2 learners choose their own subject (Assessment criteria, page 34).
- AI may be used only if acknowledged: "A learner will have committed malpractice if they use AI tools without acknowledging them" (page 37).
- The unit page says cross-cutting theme evidence is "mapped and can be found in Annexe E" (page 37), but Annexe E has no row for SfL 6, jumping from SfL 5 to SfL 18 (Annexe E, page 172).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Digital film and media links most closely with GCSE Digital Media and Film, which goes much further into media analysis and production, and with the WJEC VCSE and Foundation in Creative and Media Production, and Technology. Planning and editing also connect with GCSE Digital Technology, and the creative aim with GCSE Art and Design and GCSE Drama. The WJEC Digital film and media unit is also 20 hours but has four learning outcomes, including analysing how media products communicate messages and evaluating the finished product with feedback; the Pearson unit has one criterion per level focused on making a film to set image counts or running times, with a process log and no separate media analysis or evaluation outcome.
Ffynhonnell: Pearson Entry Level 1 to Level 2 Skills for Life Award, Certificate and Diploma Qualifications Specification, Issue 1, August 2026, Unit SfL 6: Digital film and media.