WJEC • Film Studies

Summaries of the entire WJEC AS Film course (American and European film) Including; Contemporary American and British film(Get Out and Fish Tank), focusing on specialist elements. Classic and New Age Hollywood films (Casablanca and Alien). Non English Language European film (Pans labyrinth)

A Level WJEC Film Studies Trainspotting (1996) and This is England (2006) Grade A Essay

A Level WJEC Film Studies Promising Young Woman (2020) and Joker (2019) Grade A Essay

A Level WJEC Film Studies City of God (2002) and Mustang (2015) Grade A Essay, focusing on mise en scene and performance

A-Level WJEC Film Studies Expressionism and Realism in Strike (1925) A* Essay - 20/20 Marks

A Level WJEC Film Studies Digital Technology in Amy (2015) A* Essay

A detailed analysis of the key sequences in Shaun of the Dead (opening and closing), including film form techniques (mise en scene, cinematography etc.), representation and context.

Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) notes for an A* in A Level. This document contains the following topics: Hitchcock as an auteur Voyeurism German Expressionism Cinematography Vertigo Context Key sequence analysis Motifs Laura Mulvey, Visual Pleasures and Narrative Cinema (1975) notes

Summary revision notes for Apocalypse Now in Component 1 of A-Level film studies notes for an A* This contains the following topics: Characters Dehumanisation and Evil (Theme) Coppola as an auteur Screengrab notes

This is a complete set of A* Pan's Labyrinth and City of God revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. The document is organised into the following sections and topics: CITY OF GOD 1. CHARACTERS 2. EDITING AND STRUCTURE 3. IMMERSION AND ENVIRONMENT 4. KEY THEMES 5. MONTAGE OF THE KILLING OF A CHICKEN ANALYSIS 6. CINEMATOGRAPHY 7. KEY QUOTES + ANALYSIS PHRASE 8. CONTEXT PAN'S LABYRINTH 1. THEMES 2. CHARACTER 3. CAMERA 4. OFELIA STORY NIGHT ONE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS 5. FI...

This is a complete set of A* Stories We Tell revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. It discusses Peter Watkins's documentary theories. It also has notes on 20,000 Days on Earth and Michael Moore. Here is the content and format outline: - DOCUMENTARY NOTES 1.INTRODUCTION TO "STORIES WE TELL" 2.KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM FORM - Editing - Sound - Cinematography 3.MEANING AND RESPONSE - Narrative - Representation - Audience 4. MODES OF DOCUMENTARY - Expository - Personal - ...

This is a complete set of in depth notes for component 2, section c in A-Level film studies. Here is the structure of the notes and topics covered: 1. INTRODUCTION TO SUNRISE (F.W. MURNAU, 1927) - Brief summary of the film's plot - Historical context of the film's release 2. SILENT CINEMA - The argument for cinema as primarily a visual medium - Use of intertitles in silent films - Importance of performance - Transition to sound in the late 1920s 3. CULTURAL, SOCIAL & HISTORICAL CONTEX...

This is a complete set of A* Pan's Labyrinth revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. The document is organised into following sections: - PULP FICTION GENERAL IN DETAIL NOTES - EXAM NOTES KEY PHRASES+MEMORABLE SCENES - PREVIOUS EXAM QUESTIONS topics included: - FILM FORM + NARRATIVE - AUTEURSHIP - CINEMATOGRAPHY - MISE EN SCENE - EDITING - SOUND - PERFORMANCE - REPRESENATION - GENDER - AGE - FILM NOIR - FRENCH NEW WAVE - KEY SCENES - BINARY OPPOSITION

This is a complete set of A* Carol and Winter's Bone revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. The document is organised into the following format: - WINTER'S BONE NOTES - CAROL NOTES - SPECTATORSHIP - IDEOLOGY - IDEOLOGOICAL APPROACH - SPECTATOR POSITIONING A* essay plan

This is a complete set of A* Trainspotting (1996) and Shaun of The Dead (2004) revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. The document is organised into: -TRAINSPOTTING GENERAL NOTES - SOTD + TRAINSPOTTING NARRATIVE NOTES - GENDER NOTES - IDEOLOGY NOTES - THE GOLD THAT SAVED ME TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE IDEOLOGY PAPER (2 ACRONYMS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SAVE YOU TOO) - GENERAL ESSAY NOTES FOR BRITISH FILM

This is a complete set of A* revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level, Component 1 Section A. The document is organised into Apocalypse Now notes, Vertigo notes, new Hollywood notes, classical Hollywood notes and autership notes. There are also two example essays with marking comments which were corrected.

Detailed notes on key sene analysis, perfect for those studying DuVernay’s ‘Selma’, for the American film section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. The key scene analysis is divided into separate micro-elements ready to support as evidence in your exam essays. There are also notes on both Ideology and Spectator ship, therefore catering to both question types.

This document encompasses in note form all information needed for those studying Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ for the American film section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This document includes detailed scene analysis notes, with evidence divided into separate micro-elements ready to support your exam essays. There are also notes on both Ideology and Spectatorship to cater to both question types.

This document encompasses all information needed for those studying Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’, for the experimental section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This document contains note from key scene analysis with the evidence divided into specific micro elements ready to support your essays. There are also notes on evidence of Post Modernism and Tarantino’s Auteur traits.

This document encompasses all information needed for those studying Kapadia’s documentary ‘AMY’ for the documentary cinema section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This document includes both key scene analysis to support your essays, and notes on the 4 documentary film theorists that is essential to this part of the exam.