Film Studies First teaching September 2017 First assessment Summer 2019

Our Results (Media Studies) Year 12 Results 2016 100% students achieved their ALPS target Year 13 Results 2016 Final A2 Grades 2016 46% students achieved A*-B 92% students achieved A*-C

Changes for 2017 Film Studies Media Studies Renewed focus on the craft of film Promising academic future Media Studies Cannot study or make films, yet assessed on film fandom, film distribution and film marketing 20 ‘traditional’ theorists forced onto subject by the Department for Education Barely survived subject changes

The Craft of Film Creative Work: filmmaking or screenwriting The Making Process Social influences Cinematic influences Filmmaking Conventions Movements Narrative Elements of Film

Coursework 30% Creative work 20% Evaluation 10% OPTION 1: Film Short film (4-5 minutes) or OPTION 2: Screenplay Script for a short film (1600-1800 words) Digitally photographed storyboard of key scene Evaluation 10% Evaluative analysis of your own production (1250-1500 words)

Component 1 35% of final grade 2½ hrs exam Filmmaking and spectatorship Hollywood comparison (1930-60 / 1961-90) Recent: Hollywood and US Indie Documentary Short films

Hollywood 1930 -1960 / 1961 - 1990 Focus: Comparison Auteur Study

Recent Hollywood / US Indie Focus: Spectatorship Ideology

Documentary Focus: Debate: Realism and Expressionism Debate: Film and Digital

The Short Film Compilation Short films provide the strongest link between STUDYING and MAKING film. Understanding the narrative structure of the short film will be of considerable value to students when they make their own short films.

Component 2 35% of final grade 2½ hrs exam Varieties of global cinema Recent UK Film (2 films) Global: 1 ‘European’ film and 1 ‘World’ film Film movement: silent cinema Film movement: experimental narrative

UK Film since 1995 – two films Focus: Narrative Ideology

European / World Focus: Poetics Filmmakers’ Theories

Film Movement: Silent Silent Film Movement Focus: Auteur Soviet Montage German Expressionism American Silent Comedy Focus: Auteur

Film Movement: Experimental Experimental Film Movement Avant-Garde New Wave Postmodernism Focus: Auteur

Assessment Component 1 35% Exam (2 ½ hours) Creative work 20% Short film/screenplay Evaluation 10% Analysis of your work Context 30% coursework is the highest for any subject in 2017

Why Film Studies at Forest? 10 lessons every fortnight No AS Level qualification Teachers with excellent Film Studies experience