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Film Studies

at Redborne Upper School and Community College, Bedford · college

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Many consider film to be the main cultural innovation of the twentieth century and a major art form of the last one hundred years. Those who study it characteristically bring with them a high degree of enthusiasm and excitement for what is a powerful and culturally significant medium, inspiring a range of responses from the emotional to the reflective and critical. Film studies consequently makes an important contribution to the sixth form curriculum, offering the opportunity to investigate how film works both as a powerful medium of representation and as an aesthetic medium. The subject develops students' critical thinking and is an academic pursuit, recognised by higher education institutions. There is no practical element to the course, and highly competent written skills are required: film is not a vocational subject. The qualification comprises three components taught across Years 12 and 13.

What you need to get on

Students must achieve a minimum total of five grades 9 to 4 at GCSE level or equivalents to begin an A level programme. Subject specific criteria can be found here: https://prospectus.redborne.com/sixth-form/courses/

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Redborne Upper School

    FLITWICK ROAD AMPTHILL, BEDFORD, MK45 2NU

    DaytimeClassroom based
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