Film Studies

Course summary

The creative digital industry is one of the UK's fastest-growing industries. Students who study Film Studies will be reflecting on the reasons behind why film is such an important 20th-century cultural innovation and why it has become a major art form over the last hundred years. The course provides students with the opportunity to explore how film functions as an aesthetic medium and as a medium of representation. Students are also allowed to develop and apply their creative skills by producing their pieces of work in either filmmaking or screenwriting. This provides students with real-life experiences and skills that will support their next steps into this industry. Overall, Film Studies is a course that helps students to appreciate viewpoints beyond just their own, to communicate at a high level and to work in a range of different contexts to show their appreciation of film as an art form and as a shared cultural experience. In Year 12 and 13, you will study a range of films from a variety of backgrounds including: • Classical Hollywood and New Hollywood. • Contemporary American mainstream cinema and indie cinema. • British cinema. • Korean cinema. • Turkish cinema. • Documentary. • Silent cinema. • Experimental films. You will also study the practical elements of producing a short film, learning the following skills: • Screenwriting. • Storyboarding. • Cinematography. • Set dressing. • Digital editing. • Post-production editing techniques.