A Level Film Studies

Enrich your existing appreciation and enjoyment of film.

Film Studies is a well-established academic subject which offers you the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of different films and gain confidence with a range of critical approaches. You will learn how to ‘read’ a film; consider the nature of the relationship it has with its audience and study the importance of social and institutional factors of production.

The subject lends itself to a wide range of approaches including class discussion, individual study and research as well as written analysis of essays, writing screenplays, producing storyboards and film journalism.

There will also be opportunities for cinema visits. You will be supported to develop skills of critical analysis; to examine the meanings and values contained in films, and appreciate cinema as an industry. Films we may study include Vertigo, Do the Right Thing, District 9 and The Hurt Locker.

You will develop your knowledge of film history focusing on the silent era, European experimental films and more recent movies like Skyfall and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

“It’s the most interesting subject I’ve taken; while engaging and captivating, it has also given me the creative skills to analyse society and culture.” ISABELLA, Film Studies student.