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GCE A Level in Film Studies

at The Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2025see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Students will engage with film’s broad, cultural and historical heritage and gain an understanding of how meaning has been created through film from the silent era to the present day. They will explore how film represents different cultures and societies and investigate the ideologies that shape film in the 20th century. Students will develop analytical, discursive writing skills and become confident readers of film in terms of key concepts such as narrative, genre, aesthetics, spectatorship and representation. They will investigate and explore various critical debates ranging from film poetics to the Auteur and realism to expressionism. They will explore texts in a theoretical and practical manner in order for them to develop analytical and practical production skills. It will also develop and stretch their writing skills as they assimilate a new level of vocabulary required to discuss increasingly complex ideas.

What you need to get on

6 in English Language

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

  • The Thomas Hardye School

    Queens Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET

    DaytimeClassroom based
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