A Level Film Studies

Course Overview

This A Level Film Studies programme aims to deepen your understanding and enjoyment of film as a major art form of the twenty-first century.  In particular, it looks at the relationship between the film, society and the individual by exploring how films create meanings and produce both intellectual and emotional responses. In order to do this, you will engage with a wide range of different kind of films and develop skills of observation, critical analysis and personal reflection.

This programme is also creative, practical and student-centred with opportunities to plan, shoot and edit your own short films. Students who have an interest in Media Studies, Arts, English, Social Science and Humanities subjects will find points of contact with A Level Film Studies.

During the Film Studies AS/A Level Programme you will learn through:

• Class discussions
• Group Work
• Practical Sessions
• Lecture Style Sessions
• Educational Trips

What You Will Study

During your A Level studies, you will explore:

• A diverse range of film, including documentary, film from the silent era, experimental film and short film.
• The significance of film and film practice in national, global and historical contexts.
• Film and its key contexts (including social, cultural, political, historical and technological contexts).
• How films generate meanings and responses.
• Film as an aesthetic medium.
• The different ways in which spectators respond to film.