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Film Studies (AS Level)

Study Level

Level 3
AS
Awarding Body: WJEC

Entry Requirements

Five GCSEs at grade C or above.

Course Content

At AS level Film Studies students explore cinema as a medium, as an art form and as a social and economic institution. The programme develops students’ interest in film, broadening both their appreciation and knowledge of the subject. Students consider the way film constructs meaning, provokes varieties of spectator response and raises issues of personal, social, cultural, political and ethical significance. Through studying various films’ producers and audiences students explore the relationship between the production and consumption of films, with particular reference to Hollywood and British film.

Further Information

Start date: September/ one year

Assessment

One 2 hour 30 minute written exam and coursework.

Progression To

A2 Level Film Studies

Course Code

1A0481

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