Film Studies - GCSE

This qualification is split into 3 Units:
Unit 1: Key Developments in US Film
This component assesses knowledge and understanding of three US films chosen from a range of options. Assessment consists of four questions on one pair of US mainstream films and one US independent film: 
Section A: US film comparative study 

• one stepped question on the first of the chosen pair of films (produced between 1930 and 1960) 
• one stepped question on the second of the chosen pair of films (produced between 1961 and 1990) 
• one question requiring a comparison of the chosen pair of films 

Section B: Key developments in film and film technology 

• one multi-part question on developments in film and film technology 

Section C: US independent film 

• one question on one US independent film

Unit 2: Global Film: Narrative, Representation and Film Style
This component assesses knowledge and understanding of three global films produced outside the US chosen from a range of options. 

Assessment consists of three questions in three sections: 

• Section A: one stepped question on one global English language film 
• Section B: one stepped question on one global non-English language film 
• Section C: one stepped question on one contemporary UK film.

Unit 3: Production
This component assesses the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of film to a production and its accompanying evaluative analysis. 
Learners produce: 

• one genre-based film extract (either from a film or from a screenplay)
• one evaluative analysis of the production, where learners analyse and evaluate their production in relation to comparable, professionally-produced films or screenplays.

Teaching and assessment methods
4 hours per week of delivery. 2 hours contact in an ICT suite and 2 hours of online delivery.

Assessment

• Unit 1: Key Developments in US Film
  • Written Examination 35% of Qualification
• Unit 2: Global Film: Narrative, Representation and Film Style
  
  • Written Examination 35% of Qualification
• Unit 3: Production
  
  • Coursework 30% of Qualification 

4 GCSEs Grades A* - D, including English Language.

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