1. Film Studies First teaching September 2017 First assessment
Summer 2019

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. Component 1 35% of final grade 2½ hrs exam
Filmmaking and spectatorship
Hollywood comparison ( / )
Recent: Hollywood and US Indie
Documentary
Short films

7. Hollywood /
Focus: Comparison Auteur Study

8. Recent Hollywood / US Indie
Focus: Spectatorship Ideology

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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. UK Film since 1995 – two films
Focus: Narrative Ideology

13. European / World
Focus: Poetics Filmmakers’ Theories

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

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

16. 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

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