Film Studies

Course summary

Component 1 Learners will develop knowledge of film form through the study of at least three US set films from: • the Silent Era • 1930–1960 • 1961–1990. Learners will also study set films from two major European film movements or stylistic developments: • Experimental film (European surrealist film) and • German expressionism or • French new wave. Component 2 Learners will further develop knowledge and understanding of key critical approaches to film and of narrative, genre, representations and spectatorship. Learners must study at least one set film from each of the categories below: • Contemporary British • Contemporary US • Documentary • Non-European non-English language • English language (non-US) • US Independent. Component 3 (NEA) Learners must study one compilation of short British fiction films. Learners have the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills through: • the production of a 5 minute short film or a 10 minute screenplay for a short film (incorporating a digitally photographed storyboard) • an evaluative analysis of the production in relation to professionally produced set short films.