FILM STUDIES GCSE Film Studies Welcome!

FILM STUDIES GCSE Film Studies Course designed to give flexibility Encourages an integrated course structure (combining topics and ‘coursework’-like activities)

FILM STUDIES Rationale Aim to: build on student experience introduce students to broad range of film (some perhaps less familiar) encourage students to gain some appreciation of industry and audience context to films gain some understanding of how films shape people’s views

FILM STUDIES Rationale Three inter-related study areas:

FILM STUDIES Overview of course 50% Exploring & Creating 20% Film outside Hollywood Exam: 1 Hour 30% Exploring Film Exam: 1.5 Hours Coursework

FILM STUDIES Exploring Film Develop knowledge and understanding about film Study of film language (‘micro’, ‘macro’, how and what films communicate) Study one set genre Superhero Movies Gain an awareness of the contemporary film industry (mainly Hollywood) and of the audiences for film.

FILM STUDIES External Assessment – Exploring Film Genre 4 Compulsory Questions (stepped questions) Respond to an unseen moving image extract One question on film language One question on genre Respond to a still image One question on marketing/promotion Creative Tasks Series of creative tasks assessing knowledge and understanding of films in relation to audience and industry

FILM STUDIES Exploring Film outside Hollywood Candidates study one film produced outside Hollywood from a prescribed list in terms of: characters narratives representations themes/issues raised by the film how film language contributes to those representations

FILM STUDIES Assessment: Film outside Hollywood 3 Compulsory Questions One question on representation in close study film People, places, events One question on issues raised in close study film One creative task Centred on personal response – reviews, forum posting

FILM STUDIES Exploring & Creating Four main elements: