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GCSE Film Studies

GCSE Film Studies. Welcome! . GCSE Film Studies. Overview of the specification (slides produced by Gerard Garvey). GCSE Film Studies. Course designed to give flexibility Encourages an integrated course structure (combining topics and ‘coursework’-like activities). Rationale.

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GCSE Film Studies

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  1. GCSE Film Studies Welcome!

  2. GCSE Film Studies Overview of the specification (slides produced by Gerard Garvey)

  3. GCSE Film Studies Course designed to give flexibility Encourages an integrated course structure (combining topics and ‘coursework’-like activities)

  4. Rationale Aim to: • build on student experience • introduce students to broad range of film (some perhaps less familiar) • encourage students to gain some appreciation of industry and audience context to films • gain some understanding of how films shape people’s views

  5. Rationale Three inter-related study areas:

  6. Overview of course Exploring Film 30% Exam: 1.5 Hours Film outside Hollywood 20% Exam: 1 Hour Exploring & Creating 50% Coursework

  7. Exploring Film Develop knowledge and understanding about film Study of film language (‘micro’, ‘macro’, how and what films communicate) Study one set genre Set genre for first examination in Summer 2009 and last examination in 2012 will be Disaster films. Gain an awareness of the contemporary film industry (mainly Hollywood) and of the audiences for film.

  8. Exploring Film outside Hollywood Candidates study one film produced outside Hollywood from a prescribed list in terms of: • characters • narratives • representations • themes/issues raised by the • film • how film language • contributes to those • representations

  9. External Assessment – Exploring Film Genre Set 4 Compulsory Questions (stepped questions) • Respond to an unseen moving image extract One question on film language One question on genre • Respond to a still image One question on marketing/promotion • Creative Tasks Series of creative tasks assessing knowledge and understanding of films in relation to audience and industry

  10. Assessment: Film outside Hollywood 3 Compulsory Questions • One question on representation in close study film People, places, events • One question on issues raised in close study film • One creative task Centred on personal response – reviews, forum posting

  11. Exploring & Creating Four main elements:

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