Details
- Course: A Level Film Studies
- Qualification Type: GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent
- Qualification Level: Level 3
- Course type: Full Time
- Duration: 52 Weeks
- Entry Requirements:
5 GCSEs (including English and Maths) at grade 4 or above.
- Available Dates: 01/09/2025 to 31/08/2027
Overview
A Level Film Studies is designed to provide learners with the opportunity to explore a wide variety of films, and to broaden their knowledge and understanding of how film as an art form has developed and changed over time.
Details
Students are given the chance to explore study mainstream American films from the past and the present as well as a range of recent and contemporary British films, American independent films, and global films, (both non-English language and English language). The historical range of film represented in those films is extended by the study of silent film and significant film movements so that learners can gain a sense of the development of film from its early years to digital present. Studies in documentary, experimental and short films add to the breadth of the learning experience.
Production work is a crucial part of this specification and is integral to learners' study of film. Studying a diverse range of films from several different contexts is designed to give learners the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding of how films are constructed to their own filmmaking and screenwriting.
How will it be delivered?
In A Level Film Studies there are 2 exams, each worth 35%, and a 30% assessment of production work which allows you to showcase the screenwriting skills you have developed during the course.
What can I do next?
Studying Film enables you to see the world in a different light and develop a wide range of transferable skills for further education, work and life, such as:
• Creative Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Emotional Intelligence
• Film Analysis
• Textual Analysis
• Communication
• Research skills
• Literacy
• Technical competencies (i.e. film editing)
Students of Film Studies are the students of the future, gaining the skills needed to develop successful careers and great academic minds.
The study of film is highly regarded. Film Studies has been an academic discipline within universities for over 50 years and is regarded as an academic subject. Oxford and Cambridge are now offering Masters and PHD courses in Film Studies and Screen Arts. Russell Group universities accept Film Studies as an appropriate A level qualification when prospective students apply to study a humanities or arts related discipline.
There are a wide range of career opportunities for students of Film. These include practical avenues such as Film-Making, Directing, Producing and Editing. Alternatively, a qualification in Film Studies also allows you to move into more theoretical pathways such as Film Criticism, Journalism, Teaching and Education.
