GCSE Film Studies

Eduqas

Content

Students will:

• Develop their interest and enjoyment of film in its national and global contexts and begin to develop an appreciation of cultural diversity through the close study of a wide range of films.
• Develop a critical and investigative approach to films, the film industry and film audiences.
• Study patterns of similarity and differences across a range of films.
• Recognise the way in which films represent people, places, ideas, issues and events to different audiences.
• Recognise the ways in which film technologies shape film productions.
• Recognise and explore the creative possibilities of film and film products.
• Engage with aesthetic, technical, economic, ethical and moral issues as they arise in their study of film, film audiences and the film industry.

Examination

GCSE Film Studies is assessed through 70% examination and 30% Non-exam assessment.

Component One: Key developments in US Film
Ferris Beuller’s Day Off [Hughes, USA, 1986] – 12A
Rebel Without a Cause [Ray, USA, 1955] – PG
Juno [Reitman, USA, 2007]

Component Two: Global Film: Narrative, Representation and Film Style.
Tsotsi [Hood, South Africa, 2005] – 15
District 9 [Blomkamp, South Africa, 2009] – 15
Attack the Block [Cornish, UK, 2011] – 15

NEA: Students create a storyboard and shooting script focusing towards a particular genre style. Also produce an evaluation of the process.

All exams are in the Summer Term.

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