Film Studies GCE A/AS

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Professional Development

The following dates and locations are planned:

Thursday 10 June - London (for teachers new to the specification)
Tuesday 12 October - Bristol
Wednesday 13 October - London
Thursday 21 October - York
Friday 22 October - Manchester
Friday 26 November - Birmingham
Thursday 2 December - Belfast
Friday 10 December - London
Monday 13 December - London

You can book one of the above courses by using the green courses link on the right hand side of this page.

Autumn Conferences

Media Education Wales Conference – 16/17 September 2010

Booking now open for Media Education Wales conference on Thursday and Friday 16 & 17 September 2010. Sessions on Media and Film Studies at both GCSE and AS/A Level. See www.mediaedwales.org.uk for more details.

Media Educators' Association Conference - 19/20 November 2010

Early bird registration for this year's annual MEA conference closes on 23 July 2010 but later booking is possible. An important event for all those involved in media education including sessions on WJEC AS/A Media Studies and GCSE and AS/A Film Studies. See www.mediaedassociation.org.uk for more details.

Uniform Marks (UMS)

Information on how raw marks are converted to uniform marks may be found in the following document - Uniform Marks

Recently Posted Information for GCE Film Studies

Moderator Details for FM3 Proposals

Key Dates 2009-10

A2 Film Studies Notes for Guidance-Sept 2009 (New Spec)

Guidance on Completing 'Aims and Context' FM1 & FM3

A/AS Film Studies Availability of Assessment Units

FM1 Extended Step Outline Guidance

New FM3 Guidance - produced by Freddie Gaffney (Principal Moderator) 

FM3 Small-Scale Research Project Guidance

FM3 Example of Complete Step Outline

FM3 Step Outline Guidance Structure

FM3 Screenplay Guidance

FM4 Section C - Critical Study 

Fight Club, Happy Together, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Modern Times, Movern Callar, Solaris, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Talk to Her, The Battle of Algiers, Vertigo.

New Specification – first teaching September 2008 / first A2 teaching September 2009

The new four unit WJEC AS/A Level Film Studies Specification (first teaching September 2008 / first A2 teaching September 2009) together with the Specimen Assessment Materials are available on the website (See Documents section on the right of this page).

Publication(s)

• Sarah Casey Benyahia, Freddie Gaffney and John White AS Film Studies:The Essential Introduction, Routledge (2008) has been revised to reflect the new specification.
• The Companion A2 Film Studies; is now published.

Other useful books which have material relevant to the new specification, but which were originally written for the legacy specification are: 

• Tanya Jones, A Level Film Studies for WJEC, Hodder Arnold (2005)
• Jo Harland & Nick Timmons AS FILM Studies, Nelson Thornes Ltd (2006)
• Nick Lacey’s Introduction to Film, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN (2005) is a more general book on Film Studies.

General

Past papers and marking schemes are available free of charge to teaching staff on our secure website (Please speak to your Exams Officer for details on how to access the secure website).

For further information, contact:

Subject Officer - Jeremy Points
029 2026 5195
jeremy.points@wjec.co.uk

Subject Support Officer - Leah Crowley
029 2026 5142
leah.crowley@wjec.co.uk