Film Studies A-Level

Course summary

The film studies A level specification is a two year linear course consisting of three different components. Across two of the components students will study eleven feature length films. Core study areas: students will study all their films in relation to three core study areas. These are the key elements which underpin film studies: The key elements of film form – cinematography, editing, sound, mise-en-scene and performance. Meaning and responses – how film is both a medium of representation and an aesthetic medium. The context of films – the influences of the social, cultural, political, historical and institutional contexts in which film is made.