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Head of Department 

Dave Clemow

Welcome to the Film Studies Department at Ivybridge Community College

Overview of the course

Film Studies has been an academic discipline within universities for over 50 years.  Oxford and Cambridge are now offering Masters and PHD courses in Film Studies and Screen Arts. Russell Group universities accept Film Studies as an appropriate qualification to study humanities or an arts related discipline.

From Silent Cinema to Contemporary Hollywood, the films on the specification are of great critical reputation.  They represent different time periods and different moments in history showing alternative representations of culture and people.

The course enables students to gain an appreciation of film as an art form as well as enhancing their understanding of the world in terms of competing values, attitudes and beliefs.

In addition to this, Film Studies has a creative production element where you will be able to put into practice what you have learned by making a short film or writing a screenplay.

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What will you study?

You will study the key elements of film form including

Cinematography	Mise en Scene
Editing	Sound
Performance

You will also study the contexts of your chosen films and what was happening when the film was made in a bid to understand what the film tells you about the contemporary history and society.  You will study the films in terms of the representations they present or challenge and will engage in the study of ideology, the Auteur and the Critical Debates surrounding film.

You will study a range of topic areas including...

Hollywood (1930-1990)	American Independent Film
British Film	European Film
Film Production	Global Film
Documentary	Silent Film
Experimental Film	Short Film

Examples of potential films on the course are...

Casablanca
Vertigo	Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner	La La Land
No Country for Old Men	Winter’s Bone
Boyhood	Shaun of the Dead
Under the Skin	Life is Beautiful
City of God	Amy

You will develop a wide range of transferable skills such as

Creative and critical thinking	Research skills
Powers of Analysis	Communication

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Assessment

You will study three components

Varieties of Film and Film Making	Global Film Making Perspectives
(35% of qualification)	(35% of qualification)

Non Examination Assessment Production

(30% of qualification)

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Possible career path

Every nine days, as much moving image is uploaded to YouTube as the BBC has broadcast in its entire history.  Film is one of the most relevant subjects today.  Employment in the screen industries has grown by over 20% since 2009.

The study of film will lead to practical avenues such as:

Film making

Directing

Producing and Editing

It can also lead to other more theoretical disciplines such as...

Film Criticism

Journalism

Teaching and Education

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Entry requirements

Five GCSEs Grade 9-5
including
Mathematics and GCSE English
at Grade 6 or above