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| Film - Media Studies |
| Course Description |
| The course will be of value to those who wish to engage closely with film interpretation, critical evaluation, audience contexts, industry processes and film theory. In the first year students will acquire a range of analytical skills by studying British and American film, developing an understanding of film language as well as being provided with the creative opportunity to create a storyboard sequence. The second year focuses predominately on exploring world cinema texts and critical frameworks as well as offering a practical opportunity for a small scale research project and the production of a screenplay or complete short film. Description |
| Course Content |
AS Level
FM1 – Exploring Film Form; Coursework (40%)
• One analysis of how the micro elements of a chosen extract from a
film makes meanings
• One creative project – either a storyboard sequence or short film
FM2 – British and American Film; (60%) (2 hour 30min written paper)
Three questions, one from each section:
• Section A: Response to stimulus material based on Producers
and Audiences of film
• Section B: Topics in British Film – Genre, Stars, Social & Political Contexts
• Section C: US Film – Comparative study of two films
A Level
FM3 – Film Research and Creative Projects: Coursework (50%)
• A Small Scale Research Project with an investigation into a specific
context like genre, director or performer – it will be based on one focus
film, making appropriate reference to at least two other films
• Creative Project which may be either a complete short film, an extended
screenplay or a step outline for a documentary.
FM4 – Varieties of Film Experience: Issues and Debates; (50%) 2 hour 45 min written paper
Three questions, one from each section:
• Section A: World Cinema topics; Aspects of National Cinema
International Film Styles, Specialist Study
• Section B: Spectatorship topics; Early Cinema, Documentary, Experimental Film,
Popular Film and Emotional Response
• Section C: Single Film – Critical Study |
| General Comments |
| Film Studies is a relatively recent A Level, it is now well established and fully recognised by all universities. It could be combined very successfully with English, Drama, Photography, Art & Design, Languages or Humanities. It provides an excellent progression for those who wish to follow a career in Film or the Media or other related areas or to any analytical course at Higher Education. The skills acquired through studying film can also prove invaluable in jobs which involve creativity or communication. |
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