Film Studies

Course summary

Duration – 2 Years Film is widely acknowledged as the major art form of the 20th Century and today film continues to be an important part of most people’s cultural experiences. This course allows you to study films and the ways in which they are experienced, the importance of visual representation in today’s global society and the place film has in communicating ideas, attitudes and cultural beliefs, both now and in the past. Over the two years, you will develop a critical and investigative approach to films, the film industry and film audiences, recognising the ways in which films represent people, places, ideas, issues and events to different audiences. How Is The Course Taught? Through textual analysis and a range of learning activities, you will study patterns of similarity and difference across a range of films and engage with aesthetic, technical, economic, ethical and moral issues as they arise in their study of film, film audiences and the film industry. In addition, you have the exciting opportunity to create your own film or screenplay.