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Film Studies

at Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School, Horncastle, Horncastle · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Film is one of the main cultural innovations of the 20th century and a major art form of the last 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. Film Studies consequently makes an important contribution to the curriculum, offering the opportunity to investigate how film works both as a medium of representation and as an aesthetic medium. The WJEC Eduqas specification is designed to introduce A-level leaners to a wide variety of films in order to broaden their knowledge and understanding of film and the range of response films can generate. This specification therefore offers opportunities to study mainstream American films from the past and the present as well as a range of recent and contemporary British films, American independent films and global films, both non-English language and English language. The historical range of film represented in those films is extended by the study of silent film and significant film movement so that learners can gain a sense of the development of film from its early years to its still emerging digital future. Studies in documentary, experimental and short films add breadth of the learning experience.

What you need to get on

GCSE grade 6 or above in Film or Media Studies. OR a Level 2 qualification at Distinction, A grade or equivalent, in a Film or Media related discipline. Where GCSE Film or Media Studies or a Level 2 qualification in a Film or Media related discipline has not been studied, you must have obtained a grade 6 or above in either GCSE English Language or English Literature, and have a love of film.

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

  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

    West Street, Horncastle, LN9 5AD

    DaytimeClassroom based
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