If you have a passion for film, and are keen to watch a wider range of films from different cultural perspectives - films from the Silent Era to the present day, and different forms of film, including documentary, shorts and experimental - then you will really enjoy this course.
OCR A Level Film Studies H410
As you progress through the course, you will become familiar with the language and syntax of film, and learn to interrogate how concepts such as narrative, genre, representation, spectatorship and aesthetics are used to create meaning by deconstructing and creating film. You will also develop an understanding of the contexts in which films are made.
There are three components to the Film Studies syllabus:
Paper One - Film History - 2 hour paper - 35% of total A Level
Paper Two - Critical Approaches to Film - 2 hour paper - 35% of total A Level
Learners must study at least one set film from each of the categories below:
Making Short Film (Non-examined Assessment)
30% of total A Level
We are keen to make use of the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse and its excellent range of films.
The BFI in London is an amazing facility and we aim to make use of the wide range of activities and screenings it has on offer.
‘’We're face-to-face with images all the time in a way that we never have been before. Young people need to understand that not all images are out there to be consumed like, you know, fast food and then forgotten. We need to educate them to understand the difference between moving images that engage their humanity and their intelligence, and moving images that are just selling them something." Martin Scorsese.