Film Studies

Course summary

If you're interested in how and why films are made and are passionate about cinema across the genres then A level Film Studies is for you. You don't need to have studied GCSE Film or Media to take the A level but as an essay based, academic subject it will probably appeal to you if you did well in subjects such as English, Sociology or History GCSE. It can be useful in a wide variety careers from film production, journalism, marketing and education and for higher education subjects such as film and media studies, creative writing or the social sciences. It will give you transferable skills including visual communication, critical analysis and presentation that are useful for a wide variety of careers.