Film and Media Studies
Below, is a selection of films from GSCE + A Level Film and Media Studies syllabuses that feature across OCR, AQA, Edexcel, and WJEC Eduqas exam boards.
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Director: Scott Derrickson. UK. 2016. 115 mins.
Staring: Benedict Cumerbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelson
Through the realms of the mind, and spiritual practice, neurosurgeon Stephen Strange undergoing recovery, unlocks skills he never would have imagined, in this Marvel Fantasy Action.
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Suitability: KS3, GSCE | Subjects: Media
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Ken Loach USA. 1916. 100 mins.
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I, Daniel Blake is a 2016 drama film directed by Ken Loach and written by Loach's frequent collaborator Paul Laverty. It stars Dave Johns as Daniel Blake, who is denied employment and support allowance despite his doctor finding him unfit to work.
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Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film, Media, PSHE
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Spike Lee. USA. 1989. 125 mins.
It's the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn, and tensions are rising in the ghetto, where the only businesses are a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, always manages to be at the centre of the action. Spike Lee's incendiary slice of contemporary New York street life was a sensation upon its release, with its dazzlingly confident visual style and razor-sharp observations of the always contentious race relations in the ultimate American melting pot.
Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film, History
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
Director: Afred Hitchcock. USA. 1958. 114 mins.
A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and girlfriend, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.
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Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Peter Weir. USA. 2016. 128 mins.
Staring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis.
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After witnessing a brutal murder, young Amish boy Samuel (Lukas Haas) and his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis) seek protection from police officer John Book (Harrison Ford). When Book uncovers evidence of police corruption involving narcotics lieutenant James McFee (Danny Glover), Book must take Rachel and Samuel, and flee to the Amish countryside where Rachel grew up.
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Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film, History
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Pawel Pawlikowski. Poland. 2013. 82 mins.
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1960 Poland, Orphan, Ida, is about to say her vows and become a nun. At this time, she learns that she has an aunt and pays her a visit. Ida uncovers her background and a life and world outside of the nunnery, in this truly stunning and breathtaking film.
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Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film, History
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Malik Bendjelloul. Sweden, UK, Finland. 2012. 86 mins.
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Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
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Suitability: KS3, A Level | Subjects: Film
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: Don Siegel. USA. 1956. 80 mins.
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Sci-fi drama, preying on the fears and paranoia of 1950's america. A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Suitability: KS3, GSCE | Subjects: Film, History
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Director: John Crowley. UK. 2015. 112 mins.
Staring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters
Going it alone in a new city, a far cry from home in Ireland, Eilis (Ronan) emigrants to Brooklyn. Faced with heart-wrenching home sickness, and the trials of romance, strong willed Eilis is made to confront where her future, and heart lies in this brilliantly acted and touching drama.
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Suitability: KS3, GSCE | Subjects: Film, History
Price: £4 per student (min 65 students) or flat £260 for smaller groups. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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