2. What are you top five favourite
films of all time?
• You have five mins to think of your five favourites
• Write them down and be prepared to share them with the
class
• Use the ‘Movies to See Before You Die’ to help. Think about
what other movies should be on the list (and why)
• Miss Hill’s Top Five
• LOTR
• Psycho
• The Dark Knight
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Blade Runner
4. How many of these films have
you seen?
• 100 Movie Spoilers in five minutes
5. Key Information
WJEC AS GCE in Film Studies
The two year course of made up of 4 Units.
FM1 – Exploring Film Form
FM2 – British and American Film
FM3 – Film Research and Creative Projects
FM4 – Varieties of Film Experience
– Issues and Debates
6. Assessments
FM1 – Internal Assessment made up of two parts.
Worth 20% (40%), 80 marks
FM2 – External Assessment made up of three
sections (2 ½ hour). Worth 30% (60%),120 marks
FM3 – Internal Assessment made up of two parts.
Worth 25%, 100 marks
FM4 – External Assessment made up of three
sections(2 ¾ hour). Worth 25%, 100 marks
7. FM 1 – Exploring Film Form
• Part One – Learning the language of film and how directors
use the micro element of film to communicate with the
audience
• You get to pick your favourite film and analysis in depth one key
scene
• Trainspotting, Black Swan, Halloween, Snatch, The Empire Strikes
Back, Sweeny Todd, Hellboy,
• Part Two – Practical Project (applying knowledge from Part
One)
• A Short Film
• Photo storyboard of a film sequence
• Extended Step Outline
8. FM 2 – British and American
Films
Three Sections
Section A: Producers and Audience
Section B: British Film Topics
Section C: US Film – Comparative Study
9. Producers and Audience
• American and British Film Industry
Key Words: Finance, Organisation, Production,
Distribution, Marketing and Exhibition
• The Film Audience
Key Words: Supply and demand, Consumption,
Digital technologies, Genre, and Star System.
• Interrelationship between P and A via Case
Studies.
• The Kings Speech
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Precious
• Four Lions
• Avatar
10. British Film Topics – Comedy
Film
• Key Questions
• What is a comedy – genre and subgenres
• What is a British Comedy
• Typical Comedy Narratives and Characters
• In what context were the films made and what impact did this
have?
• Representation of British Culture
• What themes are common in comedy films, what British
themes are present and how are issues dealt with
• Key Films
• Love Actually and Four Lions (you choose up to 2 others)
11. US Film – Comparative Study
• Batman 1989 vs The Dark Knight
• Key Topic
• Genre Analysis
• Narrative Theory
• How media text communicate values and messages to
their audience
• Representation – ‘gender’ and ‘America’
• America in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s
• America in the Post 9/11 Age
• Central themes of the films
12. Summer Homework – Film
Journal
• As part of your Year 12 course I want you to keep a
film journal. You will be recording your thoughts/
feelings/responses to films and analyse micro
elements.
• I would expect you to watch at least one film every
two weeks and record your thoughts!
• Try to watch a range of films – not just the classic
Hollywood blockbuster.
• Use the ‘Movies to see before you Die’ list and the films
we have talked about today
• After summer you can also borrow films off me.