Starting A2 in September

Please do not make the mistake of presuming your place on the Film Studies course is guaranteed.

As you know, your results do not come out until Thursday 15th August. At this time, you will know whether or not you have the required grades to continue with your couses of study but your results are not the only factor that will come into play.

You need to have demonstrated a commitment to this course since you began in Year 12 and this commitment should be exemplified by your handing in a draft of the 1800 word fully formatted screenplay by this Friday 16th July.

I know that you finish your academic year this afternoon but if any of you have difficulty finding  computer to work on at home or have difficulty emailing the work to me then please do let me know. I can find a place for you to work in school.

In short, you need your draft screenplay handed in by the end of this week (you have been working on it for five weeks so far!) and you need your results in August to continue with the course.

Miss Ryan

Genre Study - Film Idea Homework

All students from Year 12 Film Studies have a homework task to complete, regardless of whether you were in Miss Ryan's lesson on Tuesday 18th June or not.

The homework must be completed by Thursday 20th June.

The task is on Show My Homework: https://stedmundcampion.showmyhomework.co.uk/school/homeworks/707087

Oscar Winning Screenplays

Below are links to most of the Oscar winning screenplays since 1990. Click on the title of the film to be taken to a copy of the screenplay and look at the convetions apparent in them all.

If there is anything you don't understand or have never seen before, look it up!

1990 - Ghost - Bruce Joel Rubin
1991 - Thelma and Louise - Callie Khouri
1992 - The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
1993 - The Piano - Jane Campion
1994 - Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
1995 - The Usual Suspects - Christopher McQuarrie
1996 - Fargo - Joel and Ethan Coen
1997 - Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
1998 - Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
1999 - American Beauty - Alan Ball

2000 - Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
2001 - Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes
2002 - Talk to Her - Pedro Almodóvar
2003 - Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman2005 - Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
2007 - Juno - Diablo Cody
2008 - Milk - Dustin Lance Black
2009 - The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
2010 - The King's Speech - David Seidler
2011 - Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
2012 - Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino

Well Done

Well done for all the work you have put in over the past few months of Film Studies. The exam is over, your coursework has been sent off to the moderator and we have all done all that we could.

Say a little prayer:

Make sure you are revising for the rest of your exams and the very best of luck to you all.

Miss Ryan and Mrs Quoroll

Pre-Exam Booster

 There will be a booster session next Saturday 11th May from 9am to 11.30am (so still plenty of time to get to the VIlla match).

This is our last chance to do something that will really help your chances in the exam on the 15th.

Please make sure that you are revising. Mrs Q has put lots of information for Section A on the blog and there are some reminders below for Sections B and C below.

Section B

Section C