What is the global English-language film in Eduqas GCSE Film Studies Component 2, and how is it studied and assessed?
The global English-language film. What counts as a global English-language film, the focus on narrative and storytelling, the film form and context of the set film, and how Section A of Component 2 assesses it through a stepped question.
An Eduqas GCSE Film Studies guide to the global English-language film in Component 2. Covers what counts as a global English-language film, the focus on narrative, the film form and context of the set film, and how Section A assesses it through a stepped question.
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The global English-language film is studied in Section A of Component 2 (Global Film). It is a film made outside the United States but in English (for example from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or South Africa). The focus is on narrative and storytelling. This dot point covers what counts as a global English-language film, the focus on narrative, the film form and context of the set film, and how Section A assesses it through a stepped question. Always confirm your centre's set film with the current Eduqas list.
What counts as a global English-language film
This section looks beyond Hollywood, but in English.
The focus: narrative and storytelling
Section A foregrounds how the film tells its story.
You study how the film:
- Structures its story (linear or otherwise) and uses cause and effect.
- Builds tension, sympathy and engagement.
- Uses point of view (whose story we follow, what we are shown and when).
- Reaches its resolution.
All of this is supported by the key elements of film form, and shaped by the film's context (its place, culture and conditions of making).
How Section A is assessed: the stepped question
Component 2 uses stepped questions.
This is why detailed knowledge of the set film, moment by moment, matters: the lower steps reward specific reference, and the higher steps reward analysis.
Writing about the global English-language film
A strong answer is accurate on the lower steps and analyses narrative and form on the higher steps.
Try this
Q1. What is a global English-language film, and give an example of a country one might come from. [4 marks]
- What the marker wants. A film made outside the US but in English, from a culture such as the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or South Africa (AO1).
Q2. Analyse how your global English-language film builds tension or sympathy in one part of its story. [10 marks]
- Cue. Read narrative choices, supported by film form, for the effect they create on the audience (AO2).
Exam-style practice questions
Practice questions written in the style of WJEC Eduqas exam questions on this dot point, with worked answer explainers. The year tag is the paper they imitate, not the source.
Eduqas C2 20225 marksDescribe the opening of your global English-language film and explain how it sets up the story. [5]Show worked answer →
A lower step of the stepped question (AO1, with some AO2). The marker rewards accurate detail and a sense of how the opening works.
Method. Describe the opening accurately (setting, character, situation, key film form).
Develop. Explain how it establishes the story: introducing the protagonist, the world, a problem or a question that draws us in. Accurate detail tied to how the opening sets up the narrative reaches the top of the band.
Eduqas C2 202310 marksAnalyse how narrative is used to engage the audience in your global English-language film. [10]Show worked answer →
A higher step (AO2), marked by levels of response. The marker rewards analysis of narrative read for effect.
Method. Identify narrative choices: structure, point of view, how tension or sympathy is built, the resolution.
Develop. Explain how these engage the audience (creating suspense, surprise, sympathy or satisfaction), supported by film form. The top band reads narrative for its effect on the audience rather than retelling the plot.
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Sources & how we know this
- WJEC Eduqas GCSE Film Studies specification (C670) — WJEC Eduqas (2022)
- Eduqas GCSE Film Studies Component 2 sample assessment materials and set films — WJEC Eduqas (2024)