Examination Board / Specification
WJEC (AS 42080 / A2 42090)

Units for AS

FS1 Film Making Meaning 1
FS2 Producers and Audience
FS3 Messages and Values

Units for A2

FS4 Students produce a/a research based study of an author (director) of theor choice b/a short piece of film, or a piece of film journalism or a sample of screen writing

FS5 Students Study text from World Cinema FS6 This area looks at issues and debates in Cinema e.g. Censorship and Regulations, Shocking Cinema, the Fan System.

Entry requirements

5GCSEs at grade C or above Must include English

Course content

This is a demanding and thus exciting course for students who have a genuine interest in film. At AS level students focus on how meaning is made apparent through a wide study of, mainly, Hollywood Genre films. The practical element will involve story boarding or writing a screen play extract. The third paper, FS3, will involve the study of particular time in British Film History.

For A2 students produce a research based study of a specific auteur (director) of their choice and study a range of World Cinema texts. Practical tasks might include Film Journalism, Screenwriting or Video-making.

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