Film and Media Studies

Having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.

George Lucas

Film and Media Studies at Acland Burghley are studied across KS4 and KS5.

The Film Studies curriculum is designed to encourage a love of film as well as expand students existing viewing - with a focus on introducing students to World Cinema, British Cinema, and Independent Cinema. Students learn about the rich visual language of cinema and how it is used to reveal information to the viewer. Students use this new knowledge of visual language to see how films are products of their contexts in terms of their visual style and representation of people, places and culture. Students also demonstrate their understanding of filmmaking in a practical sense: recreating key sequences from films, creating video essays, and writing screenplays to demonstrate genre conventions.

At KS5, students can study A Levels in Media Studies and Film Studies, or a T Level in Media: Broadcast and Production. More information about these courses is linked at the bottom of the page.

Y10

In Year 10, students will study Component 2: Global Film.

Flying Start Introduction to Film Language

Autumn Term 1 British Film: Aesthetics in Attack the Block

Autumn Term 2 Global English Language Film: Narrative in Jojo Rabbit

Spring Term 1 Component 3: Planning Screenplays

Spring Term 2 Global Non-English Language Film: Representation in The Farewell

Summer Term 1 Component 3: Writing Screenplays

Y11

In Year 11, students will study Component 1: US Film.

Flying Start Consolidating Component 2

Autumn Term 1 US Film 1930-1960: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Autumn Term 2 US Film 1960-Present: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

Spring Term 1 US Independent Film: Ladybird

Spring Term 2 Component 3: Shooting Scripts and Evaluation

Summer Term 1 Consolidating Component 1 & 2

GCSE Subject Specification

Please click through to the links to view more information on the WJEC website.

Film Studies - WJEC Exam Board

https://www.wjec.co.uk/media/khubstxw/eduqas-gcse-film-studies-spec-from-2017-e-27-09-22.pdf

Y11 Revision materials

Y11 REVISION MATERIALS

Attack the Block

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Juno

Let the right one in

Slumdog Millionaire

Additional Viewing

/docs/GCSE_Film_Studies_Additional_Viewing.pdf

Useful website

There is plenty of reading around each of the units that is shared with students on Teams as part of their study of specific set texts. The following are a series of links to websites, magazines, and journals that will help with students understanding of film as a whole.

Eduqas Film Studies Resources

Eduqas Film Studies Specification

Things to see and do

London has a high number of cinemas, film festivals and exhibitions that complement learning on the GCSE course. These include:

Prince Charles Cinema

Phoenix Cinema

BFI Southbank

Cinema Museum

Raindance Film Festival

London Film Festival

London Short Film Festival

BFI Future Film Festival

Extra-curricular activities and clubs

As an extracurricular offer, we work with London-based film festivals and film schools to provide a range of workshops and enter filmmaking competitions. These are generally run through the following extra curricular clubs:

Podcasting Club Wednesday Lunchtime in ML1

KS3 Filmmaking Club Wednesday After School in ML1

Independent Film Club Friday Lunch Time in ML1

KS5

As part of the LaSWAP consortium, Acland Burghley offers the following level 3 courses