On this course you’ll analyse features, documentaries and experimental films from Britain, Hollywood and around the world, explore issues like censorship and research a film or filmmaker of your choice. Writing screenplays, producing storyboards and shooting and editing your own films will help you develop creative and technical skills that will be invaluable for degree courses in film, TV, scriptwriting, production and a career in the media and creative industries. You will engage critically with a range of films from Hollywoods silent era to the present day, including documentary, shorts and experimental film. The relationship between theory and practice is explored through your own creative work such as the production of your own short film or screenplay with supporting photographic storyboard. Through the study of concepts such as narrative, genre, representations and spectatorship you will develop your critical analysis skills and understand more about how meaning is created in film. Year One: An introduction to the critical frameworks that underpin study of film, including both silent and non-English language texts set by the exam board. Year Two: In-depth exam preparation including revision of all set texts. Completion of non examined assessment.