GCSE Film Studies Welcome FILM STUDIES GCSE Film

GCSE Film Studies Welcome! FILM STUDIES

GCSE Film Studies l Course designed to give flexibility l 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 (Film Language) FILM STUDIES Organisations Audiences

Overview of course Exploring Film Exam: 1. 5 Hours 30% Film outside Hollywood Exam: 1 Hour FILM STUDIES 20% Exploring & Creating Coursework 50%

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 l One question on issues raised in close study film l One creative task Centred on personal response – reviews, forum posting l FILM STUDIES

Exploring & Creating Four main elements: Film Exploration Written exploration of ‘micro’ features in an extract of candidates choice (350 -750 words) Pitch & Preproduction 150 word pitch for an imaginary film. This should form the basis of the preproduction task of storyboards. Production Chosen from a set of 2 options Evaluation Brief reflective evaluation on learning about key study areas (Film language, audience and organisations) FILM STUDIES