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WJEC Film Studies Syllabus


WJEC AS Film Studies

FS 1 Making Meaning (1)  
FS1 micro approach (written Analysis 1) Ch 1: Interpreting Media Texts
Ch 2: Narratives
Ch 2: Case study: CSI: Miami and Crime Narratives
Ch 3: Genres and Other Classifications
Ch 3: Case study: J-Horror and the 'Ring Cycle'
FS1 micro approach (written Analysis 2) Ch 1: Interpreting Media Texts
Ch 1: Case study: Ways of Interpreting
FS1 macro approach (written Analysis 1) Ch 2: Narratives
Ch 2: Case study: J-Horror and the 'Ring Cycle'
FS1 (PAL Creative work) Ch 12: Production techniques
FS 2 Producers and Audiences  
Cinema Business Ch 4: Institutions
Ch 7: Independence’ and ‘Alternatives’ in the Media Industries
Ch 13: Case study: Contemporary British Cinema
Ch 13: Distribution
Ch 13: Case study 1: Film Distribution in the UK
Audiences Ch 8: Audiences
Ch 9: Case study: Celebrity, Stardom and Marketing
FS 3 Messages and Values  
British and Irish Cinema

Ch 4: Institutions
Ch 13: Case study: Contemporary British Cinema

Representation Ch 5: Questions of Representation

WJEC A2 Film Studies

FS 4 Auteur Research Ch 10: Research
Practical Application of Learning
Film/video making
Ch 11: Production organisation
Ch 12: Production techniques
FS 5 World Cinema Ch 5: Questions of representation
Case study 1: Racial Stereotyping
Case study 2: Representations and Gender
Ch 15: Whose Globalisation?
Styles and Movements Ch 1: Case study: Ways of interpreting
FS 6 Critical Studies  
Genre Ch 3: Genres and other Classifications
Ch 3: Case study: J-Horror and the 'Ring Cycle'
Gendered Film Studies Ch 6: Ideologies and Power
Ch 5: Questions of Representation
Ch 5: Case study 2: Representations and Gender
Independent Film Ch 7: Industries
Ch 16: 'Free Choices' in a 'Free Market'
Ch 13: Distribution
Film Interpretation and Social/Cultural Studies Ch 8: Audiences
Dominance of Hollywood Ch 7: Case study: Major Players in the
Media Industries
Ch 15: Whose Globalisation?
Indigenous production Ch 13: Case study: Contemporary British Cinema
Regulation Ch 16: 'Free Choices' in a 'Free Market'
Documentary Ch 14: Documentary and 'Reality TV'
Case study 1: Direct Cinema
Case study 2: Michael Moore FS6
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