Extension Studies - Film Studies (AS Level)

Course summary

Film is arguably the art form of the 20th century. AS Film Studies is ideal for students who want to explore how and why films are made. Across the course you will explore and creatively engage with a wide range of different aspects of filmmaking. You will analyse a variety of texts, including American, British, and European cinema. These will be examined via different frameworks, including form, context, narrative, meaning and response, spectatorship, ideology. You will explore the creative and technical choices that impact on how a film produces meaning, discuss with peers, and develop a sophisticated contextual understanding of the world at the time these films were created.