The specification is designed to introduce A level learners to a wide variety of films in order to broaden their knowledge and understanding of film and the range of responses films can generate. This specification therefore offers opportunities to study mainstream American films from the past and the present as well as a range of recent and contemporary British films, American independent films and global films, both non-English language and English language. Film Studies aims to enable learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • a diverse range of film, including documentary, film from the silent era, experimental film and short film • the significance of film and film practice in national, global and historical contexts • film and its key contexts (including social, cultural, political, historical and technological contexts) • how films generate meanings and responses • film as an aesthetic medium • the different ways in which spectators respond to film. It also aims to enable learners to: • apply critical approaches to film and • apply knowledge and understanding of film through either filmmaking or screenwriting.
Examination and non-examination assessment: Component 1 - Varieties of film and filmmaking. Written examination, 35% of qualification Component 2 - Global filmmaking perspectives. Written examination, 35% of qualification Component 3 - Production. Non examination assessment, 30% of qualification.
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Kent |
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| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ |
The specification is designed to introduce A level learners to a wide variety of films in order to broaden their knowledge and understanding of film and the range of responses films can generate. This specification therefore offers opportunities to study mainstream American films from the past and the present as well as a range of recent and contemporary British films, American independent films and global films, both non-English language and English language. Film Studies aims to enable learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • a diverse range of film, including documentary, film from the silent era, experimental film and short film • the significance of film and film practice in national, global and historical contexts • film and its key contexts (including social, cultural, political, historical and technological contexts) • how films generate meanings and responses • film as an aesthetic medium • the different ways in which spectators respond to film. It also aims to enable learners to: • apply critical approaches to film and • apply knowledge and understanding of film through either filmmaking or screenwriting.
Examination and non-examination assessment: Component 1 - Varieties of film and filmmaking. Written examination, 35% of qualification Component 2 - Global filmmaking perspectives. Written examination, 35% of qualification Component 3 - Production. Non examination assessment, 30% of qualification.