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Film studies topics

(AS) sections...

• A - Producers and Audiences
• B - British Film Topics
• C - Comparative Study
• Coursework - Essay (Scene analysis)
• Production - Step outline, short film, screenplay

(A2) sECTIONS...

• A - World Cinema Topics
• B - Spectatorship Topics
• C - Single Film: Close Critical Study
• Coursework - Small Scale Research Project
• Production - Step outline, short film, screenplay 

Film form macro and micro

• Macro - Narrative, Genre
• Micro - Mise en scene, Cinematography, Editing, Sound
• Hybridity, Sub-genres, High concept films, Narrative strtucture and traits 
• Diegetic, Non-diegetic
• Shot types, editing techniques, editing rules

production, distribution, exhibition

• British and American Film
• Studio system
• Star theory
• Marketing - synergy
• Technology

film analysis

• Representation 
• Iconography
• Ideology
• Semiotics
• Character development

analysis continued

• Context - Social, historical, political, cultural
• Subtext
• Close comparative study/close critical study
• National Cinema 
• Spectatorship