Film Studies study guides

An overview of the WJEC Component 1 studies of American film since 2005 (spectatorship and ideology) and British film since 1995 (narrative and ideology), and how to compare two films through the specialist study areas.

An overview of the WJEC Component 2 documentary film study: a feature documentary analysed through the core study areas, with the specialist study area of a filmmaker's theory and the critical debate about how truthful documentary can be.

An overview of the WJEC Component 2 film movements study: silent cinema and experimental film 1960 to 2000, analysed through the core study areas, with narrative the specialist focus for experimental film and historical context central to both.

An overview of the WJEC Component 2 global film topic: two films from outside Hollywood, one European and one produced outside Europe, studied through the core study areas with cultural context central to meaning.

An overview of the WJEC Component 1 Hollywood 1930-1990 comparative study: comparing a Classical Hollywood film with a New Hollywood film across film form and context, with the auteur as the specialist study area.

A complete overview of the key elements of film form and the core study areas for WJEC A-Level Film Studies: cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, sound and performance, plus meaning and response, the contexts of film, and narrative.

An overview of the WJEC Component 3 production: the non-exam assessment in which you make a short film or screenplay applying film language, paired with a written evaluative analysis linking your choices to professionally produced film.