1. A Level Film Studies

2. Why Film Studies at Forest?
10 lessons every fortnight
No AS Level qualification
Teachers with excellent Film Studies experience

3. Consistent Success Results 2016 AS and A Level: 100% achieved targets
A Level: 46% A*-B and 92% A*-C
Results 2017
AS Level: 47% A*-B and 82% A*-C
A Level: 42% A*-A and 85% A*-C

4. Helping students exceed expectations
A* - A
A* - B
A* - C
A LEVEL RESULTS 2017
42%
57%
85%
STUDENT TARGETS 2017 0%

5. The Craft of Film Creative Work: filmmaking or screenwriting
The Making Process
Social influences
Cinematic influences
Filmmaking
Conventions
Movements
Narrative
Elements of Film

6. Coursework 30% Creative work 20% Evaluation 10% OPTION 1: Film
Short film (4-5 minutes) or
OPTION 2: Screenplay
Script for a short film ( words)
Digitally photographed storyboard of key scene
Evaluation 10%
Evaluative analysis of your own production ( words)

7. Component 1 35% of final grade 2½ hour exam
Filmmaking and spectatorship
Hollywood comparison ( / )
Recent: Hollywood and US Indie
Documentary
Short films

8. Hollywood /
Focus: Comparison Auteur Study

9. Recent Hollywood / US Indie
Focus: Spectatorship Ideology

10. Documentary Focus: Debate: Realism and Expressionism
Debate: Film and Digital

11. The Short Film Compilation
Short films provide the strongest link between STUDYING and MAKING film.
Understanding the narrative structure of the short film will be of considerable value to students when they make their own short films.

12. Component 2 35% of final grade 2½ hour exam Varieties of global cinema
Recent UK Film (2 films)
Global: 1 ‘European’ film and 1 ‘World’ film
Film movement: silent cinema
Film movement: experimental narrative

13. UK Film since 1995 – two films
Focus: Narrative Ideology

14. European / World
Focus: Poetics Filmmakers’ Theories

15. Film Movement: Silent Silent Film Movement Focus: Auteur
Soviet Montage
German Expressionism
American Silent Comedy
Focus: Auteur

16. Film Movement: Experimental
Experimental Film Movement
Avant-Garde New Wave
Postmodernism
Focus: Auteur