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A Level Film Studies

Component  1

Induction Unit

Key Elements of Film

Production Skills

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Section A -Hollywood 1930-1990

Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958)

Blade Runner (Scott 1982)

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Section B - American Film Since 2005

Captain Fantastic (Ross 2015)

Inception (Nolan (2010)

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Section C - British Film Since 1995

Shaun of the Dead (Wright 2004)

This is England (Meadows 2006)

Section A - Global Film

Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro 2006)

Wild Tales (Szifron 2014)

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Section B - Documentary Film

Amy (Kapadia 2015)

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Section C -Silent Cinema

Buster Keaton Short Films

One Week (1920), The Scarecrow (1920).m The High Sign (1921), Cops (1922)

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Section D -Experimental Film

Pulp Fiction (Tarantino 1994)

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Component  2

Coursework Unit

EITHER:

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A short film (4-5 minutes) 

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OR

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A screenplay for a short film (1600-1800 words) plus a digitally photographed storyboard of a key section from the screenplay.

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AND

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An evaluative analysis (1600-1800 words)

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Part 1 - Idea generation and planning

Taught at the end of Year 12

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Part 2 - Production and Assessment

Taught in September- November of Year 13

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Component  3

Varieties of Film and Filmmaking

Written examination

2 Hours 30 Minutes

35% of qualification

Media Forms and Prodcuts in Depth

Written examination

2 Hours 30 Minutes

35% of qualification

Production

Non-exam assessment

30% of qualification

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