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 * Year 13 Film**

GO to FIP home page Go to 13 FPP home page media studies mission statement Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

**To students:** Welcome to your new -media course. As well as offering a balanced and varied programme that addresses contemporary, theoretical and practical approaches to moving image media. The course offers you several opportunities to achieve success in national qualifications at practical and written levels.

**NCEA** This course is assessed using achievement standards and unit standards in Media Studies and Film and Electronic Media administered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Some of these standards are assessed externally by exam in November. Most are assessed internally based on work you complete during the year.

**How do you pass?** You gain credits for each standard you successfully complete. Your results are registered with NZQA and you receive a Record of Learning from NZQA showing your results for the year. Your goal is to gain 80 credits from all your subjects to achieve the Level 3 National Certificate of Educational Achievement (60 in level 3, 20 at any level). You do not have to gain all 80 credits in one year to achieve a Level 3 NCEA. Any credits you gain this year can be carried forward.

If you wish to gain tertiary entry, you will need to accumulate 42 credits at level 3 in three subjects (14 credits each) as well as certain English and Maths credits at level 1 and 2. Two of the three subjects have to be ‘recognised’ subjects for tertiary entry. Media Studies is a recognised subject. Your third ‘subject’ can be 14 credits any other one or two level three subjects- Film and Electronic Media can count towards this.

**OUR ASSESSMENT APPROACH**

**Helping you improve** There is less emphasis on assessment for qualifications in some of the work you complete early in the year. In term 1 and 2 the emphasis is often on improving your film analysis and production skills. Your teacher is also finding out about your strengths and interests in film as well as areas for improvement.

The deadline to have work assessed is the last day your class is working on an activity. Your teacher will advise you of this date. You need to complete your best work by this date, as your class will move onto a new activity after this.

Further opportunities for assessment occur at the HOD’s or teacher’s discretion. Factors influencing further assessment opportunities include: The nature of the standard being assessed. It may not be possible to provide another opportunity where assessment of a particular standard is linked to a single scheduled event, like a class trip or a research activity. Where you has been absent without valid excuse. In this case a further assessment opportunity may not be available unless one is scheduled in the remaining programme for the class. Availability of equipment and time

Your teacher will make clear to you which standards have further assessment opportunities.

**How student work is externally assessed** During the year you will sit two practice exams as formative work for your final exam in term 4.

**How student work is internally assessed** **Assessment Methods** You will be assessed during the year in various activities and gain credits as you complete work to the level required by the standard. Early in each activity your teacher will help you develop an understanding of what you need to complete for assessment, the standard required and the deadline to complete the work. Each activity is accompanied by an assessment schedule that shows you the kind of work required and gives you an idea as to the standard required. Your teacher uses this schedule to mark your work. You will need to achieve all criteria in the standard (all ‘ticks’ on the schedule) before you will be credited with achieving the standard. Your teacher will return work to you early and will explain to you what extra work you need to do to meet this goal. In the case of achievement standards, your teacher will also advise you as to what level of achievement (achievement, merit or excellence) you are working at and how you might improve that. Your teacher is able to give you general advice to help you meet your goals but cannot do the work for you.

Students who have not gained prior level 2 media studies assessments must talk their study programme through with their teacher.

**Assessment materials** The internal assessment activities used are both locally developed at Hagley Community College and accessed from those published by the Ministry of Education for use in NCEA assessment.

**Authenticity** At Hagley, we regard any situation seriously where a student presents another person’s work as their own, or cheats in any way when completing work for internal standards or for school based assessment events for external standards. Conduct in school exams during the year is aligned with the codes of conduct expected in November NZQA run exams.

We will investigate any alleged breach and may cancel results for an internal standard where cheating is proven. An investigation will first occur within the English department. If necessary, the Director of Programmes, the Principal’s NZQA Nominee and the Director of Staffing will then consider the case and the student will be informed by letter of the outcome. If a student wishes to appeal a decision, the appeal should be made within ten school days of receiving notification to the NZQA Nominee).

**Moderation** Your teacher will assess your internally assessed work. To ensure your teacher’s assessments are consistent with national standards, samples of their assessments will be moderated within the film department by comparing work from your class with nationally set exemplars. You will become familiar with these exemplars during the course. In addition selected achievement and unit standards will be moderated by an NZQA moderator each year to ensure we are assessing to national standards.

Your teacher will at times need to copy your work or video a performance you give for moderation purposes.

**Documentation** You teacher will record your results on an individual assessment record sheet. During the year they will use this record sheet together with your assessed work to update you on your progress and set goals for the remainder of the year. Your teacher will use the record sheet to enter then check results on the database. There is also a second checking process to ensure results are accurately entered. At the end of the year all assessment record sheets will be stored by the Head of Department.

**Appeals** If you wish to appeal a decision about an assessment you should talk about this with your class teacher within five school days of receiving the result. If you and your teacher are unable to resolve your appeal, you and your teacher should see the Head of the English Department within ten school days of the original appeal. If the appeal cannot be resolved between you and the HOD/TIC, you should complete an appeals form (available from the NZQA Nominee) within twenty school days of the original appeal. The Director of Programmes, the NZQA Nominee and the Director of Staffing will meet to decide the outcome of the appeal. The Appeals Committee decision is final.

**Conditions** Your teacher will tell you more about the conditions for assessment. They are there to make sure that the work you present for assessment is your own work. The conditions for assessment are shown beside the standards below.

Your assessed work for internal assessment will be stored by your teacher. The film department also retains internally assessed work at the end of the year in case any authenticity checks need to be made in subsequent years. Your teacher can makes you copies if you wish to retain work at the end of the year.

**The course** You will complete a selection of these standards during the year depending on the courses you are enrolled in. It is possible for you to negotiate assessment against standards not assessed in your course. You will need to complete additional work for this. Check with your teacher. Please note that not all standards listed against a class will completed every year.

//Internally assessed media studies achievement standards:// **//(can be awarded at achieved, merit or excellence level)//**

Students who are yet to sit level 3 media studies may be assessed from Film 7 electronic media( See class, Opt 4 13FIP )

//Internally assessed unit standards:// **//(can be awarded at achieved level)//**

**M a t e r i a l s F e e & T a p e s**

Once you have paid the course fee you will also have access to camera and editing equipment outside class-time. The bulk of your fee contributes towards maintaining your access to high quality camera, sound, lighting and editing equipment as much as possible.

**Payment:** All payments are made to the enrolment centre to the Film and Television Department. Andrew keeps records of all who have paid. You may be asked to provide a receipt to prove payment. You can obtain these from the enrolment centre,

**Non-Payment:** Students will not be able to access the following services until they have paid their fee IN FULL: After hours or school hours borrowing After hours access to building Access to other borrowable resources

**Archiving**

Make a copy onto DVD.

**S t u d e n t W o r k**

Hagley Film retains most completed student video production work in its digital archive for use in future courses and exhibitions. You will be asked to sign a final cut statement upon completion of your work to verify that you are satisfied that the version submitted is a final for archiving purposes.

You will need to sign the accompanying work release form to clarify Hagley Film’s and your rights concerning ownership and use of the work completed as part of your time with Hagley Film.

It is possible to negotiate different arrangements with your teacher. Discuss your concerns with them.