Film Studies (Eduqas)

Suggested reading list WJEC Eduqas Film Studies for A Level & AS – Lisa Wardle, Ellen Cheshire, Mark Ramney and Jenny Stewart. Introduction to Film Studies 4th Edition – Ed. Jill Nelmes The Cinema Book - Ed. Pam Cook

Films to study Below is a list of films you will study in Year 12.. Do some research into these films using www.imdb.com. Consider watching other films made by the same director to develop a wider knowledge and understanding.

Bonnie & Clyde (1967, Penn, US) Some like it Hot (1959, Wilder, US) Captain Fantastic (2015, Ross, US) No Country for Old Men (2007, Coens, US) This is England (2006, Meadows, UK) We Need to talk about Kevin (2011, Ramsay, UK)

Component One In Year 12, we will study films from each category below. Choose one of these films from one of these categories, watch it and consider the following:

How is it different/similar to films that you may ordinarily watch? What emotional responses did you have while watching the film? Did you recognise any actors? Had you heard of the director? Other films they have made?

1. Classical Hollywood films: The Stranger (Welles, 1946); Casablanca (Curtiz, 1945) 2. ‘New’ Hollywood films: The Graduate (Nichols, 1968); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975); Apocalypse Now (Coppola,1979) 3. Independent US films: Boyhood (Linklater, 2014); Little Miss Sunshine (Faris/Dayton, 2006) 4. Contemporary US Mainstream: La La Land (Chazzelle, 2016): The Revenant (Innarito, 2015): Dunkirk (Nolan, 2016) UK Film since 1995: Ratchatcher (Ramsay, 1999); The King’s Speech (Hooper, 2010); Se- crets and Lies (Leigh, 1996); Shaun of the Dead (Wright, 2004)

Don’t worry if you can’t access any of the above titles, you can do your own research.