FILM Studies

Exam Board: WJEC/EDUQAS

Course: GCSE Film Studies

Teacher of Film Studies:  Mr S. Trevorrow

VISION

Watching film is not just a passive activity but can spark lively debate and informative discussion. Film Studies students will appreciate film as an art form and engage in an empathetic understanding of society and culture. Information we receive about the world comes through film as a medium, it is at once a form of escapism but also a very insightful reflection of reality, a form of literacy which is hugely useful if we are to understand the world that we live in today and an engaging way to promote critical thinking. We consume a breadth and depth of Film texts on the course from the earliest attempts at filmmaking, through to modern masterpieces, as well as film from around the world. Film studies students should be able to understand the techniques used in films by deconstructing and analysing them, but also by being able to use them for themselves in film production.

INTRODUCTION

Film is an art form. Much like any painting, play, poem or novel a huge amount of craft goes into making films and they can be read to analyse deeper meanings. Just like any other art form film expresses ideas about the world that we live in making it a rich area of study and discussion.

PROGRAMME OF STUDY

Each subject programme of study will:

• Provide a clear and coherent learning journey
• Foster subject-based understanding of new knowledge, concepts and methods
• Ensure students acquire knowledge and give opportunities for recall and application of this knowledge so that fluency is developed
• Require students to think and reason for themselves
• Explanations and resources enable students to engage with and master learning
• Learning should develop a depth of understanding that brings richness to the subject but also a breadth of understanding that enriches wider life and learning
• Develop a readiness for the next stage: be this the next lesson, the next unit of work, the next year or key stage; it prepares students for both academic, A Level, and future degree study, or vocational learning
• Contain appropriate, regular and robust assessment methods for measuring student progress and to allow intervention where progress is not as expected.

In order to see an overview of the sequence and progression of learning please see their Programme of Study:

  Film Studies Programme of Study

YEAR 10 AND 11 ONLY

Content: 

During the course we study a wide range of film clips and 6 core texts. We cover the development of film, the studio production system, film language skills for analysis and film making: