ABSTRACT

This comprehensive revision guide contains everything students need to know to succeed on their A Level Film Studies course.

Essential Revision for A Level Film Studies features engaging and accessible chapters to help learners develop a deeper understanding of the key elements of film form, including cinematography, mise en scène, performance, lighting, editing and sound. The book offers detailed explanations of the specialist study areas required for the A Level course, including auteur theory, spectatorship, genre, key critical debates, narrative and ideology, as well as overviews of key film movements like French New Wave cinema, German Expressionism and Soviet Montage. Also included are practical exercises designed to help students apply essential concepts to film set texts, sample exam responses for both Eduqas and OCR exam boards, and challenge activities designed to help students secure premium grades.

With its practical approach and comprehensive scope, Essential Revision for A Level Film Studies is the ideal resource for students and teachers.

The book also features a companion website at EssentialFilmRevision.com, which includes a wide range of supporting resources including revision flashcards and worksheets, a bank of film set text applications for exam questions for all film specifications, and classroom-ready worksheets that teachers can use alongside the book to help students master A Level Film exam content.

part I|102 pages

Film forms

chapter 1|19 pages

Cinematography

chapter 2|24 pages

Mise en scène and performance

chapter 3|27 pages

Editing

chapter 4|14 pages

Sound

chapter 5|16 pages

Lighting

part II|75 pages

Film theories

chapter 6|17 pages

Theories of narrative

chapter 7|20 pages

Auteur-based approaches

chapter 8|23 pages

Ideology

chapter 9|13 pages

Spectatorship

part III|147 pages

Contexts and forms

chapter 10|26 pages

Silent cinema

chapter 11|17 pages

Classical Hollywood 1930–60

chapter 12|24 pages

Experimental film

chapter 13|20 pages

New Hollywood 1961–90

chapter 14|17 pages

Contemporary British cinema since 1995

chapter 15|23 pages

Documentary film

chapter 16|18 pages

Contemporary American cinema since 2005