WJEC • Film Studies

This document encapsulates all information needed for those studying Buster Keaton’s silent shorts for the silent cinema section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This note collection includes detailed key scene analysis, ready to support your exam essays. This document also caters to all exam question types, with cultural context information and colour coding for the Realist and Expressionist elements.

Detailed key scene analysis for the film ‘City of God’ . Perfect for those studying the film as part of the Global Film section on the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. The key scene analysis is divided into separate micro elements ready to support your exam essay writing.

Detailed key scene analysis notes for Del Toro’s ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’. Perfect for those studying the film for the global cinema section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. The film theory analysis is divided into separate micro elements, ready to support your exam essays.

This document is the perfect note form summary for those studying Shaun Meadows ‘This is England’, for the British Film section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This document includes detailed key scene analysis with the evidence divided into specific micro elements, ready to support your exam essays.

This document is the complete note form package for those studying Danny Boyle’s ‘Trainspotting’, for the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. Included here is detailed key scene analysis on multiple iconic scenes, with evidence divided into specific micro-elements ready to support your essays.

This document is the complete study package for those studying Milos Forman’s ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, as their New Hollywood film on the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. In concise note form, this document includes all the key scene analysis, divided into micro-elements, to support your exam essays. This document also caters to both the Auteur Theory and Context based question options as it includes information on both.

This document acts as a note form information bank for those studying Michael Curtiz’s ‘Casablanca’, as their Classical Hollywood film on the WJEC A level Film Studies Course. These notes include detailed key scene analysis divided into specific micro elements, to be used as successful evidence in exam essays. The document also caters to both Auteur and Context question options by including details on both.

This is my close analysis of two major scenes from Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', with the techniques and stylistic choices I noticed being used and the potential meaning behind them. The analysis covered: - Cinematography - Mise en scene - Editing - Sound - Representations - Aesthetics - Context - Auteur style

These set of notes offer many significant points in the analysis of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', which can serve as a basis when answering essay questions about the film. Includes notes on: - Cinematography - Mise-en-scene - Editing - Sound - Representations - Aesthetics - Context - Hitchcock as an Auteur

These set of notes provide information on Alfred Hitchcock, and his stylistic techniques which make him an Auteur. - Hitchcock's influences - Use of technology - Narrative - Themes - Hitchcock as a "brand"

These set of notes are an introduction to the genre of Hollywood film from the 1930s to the 1960s. They cover: - Classical Hollywood devices & stylistic traits - The studio system - "Star theory" - The Hays Code - Threats to Hollywood

This set of notes summarises how lighting works in films, and the elements involved in how a scene is lit. Additionally, there is a brief summary of terms associated with colour.

This is a concise summary of the basic camera angles and shot types used in film, as well as their effects and the meaning they create; a good set of terms to know off-by-heart.

Notes for Pan’s Labyrinth covering Representations, Cinematography, Mise en Scene and Editing

An analysis of the aesthetics in the 2015 documentary, 'Amy', about Amy Winehouse, directed by Asif Kapadia. It is part of section B of the filmmaking perspectives paper on the WJEC film studies course.

This essay is prep for the American Comparison and covers the Auteur Theory, including it’s origins, multiple opinions and evidence of it within Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’.

Lecture notes covering all aspects of the film Casablanca. All areas of study including: Plot, Characters, Auteur, Context and more with written analysis.

A 20 mark essay answering the question: "Digital technologies have expanded our sense of what a documentary is. How far is this true in relation to your chosen film?" My chosen film is Amy (Kapadia, 2015). This essay was graded at 17/20, which is the equivalent of an A. I have also included feedback of things that could elevate the essay.

A 40 mark essay answering the question "Explore some of the reasons why spectators may respond in very different ways to the same character. Refer in detail to at least one character from each of your chosen films." My chosen films are La La Land and Captain Fantastic. This essay got a mark of 36/40, which is equivalent to an A. I have also included the feedback I got which would have elevated my answer.

A 40 mark essay answering the question "Compare how far the two films you have studied [Vertigo and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest] reflect the times in which they were made." My answer got 35/40, which is the equivalent of an A. I have also included the feedback I received which would have elevated my answer.