Film Studies

Course structure

• Before you start

  You may be required to complete an activity before you start in order to help introduce you to the subject. Check back in the summer term for more details.

• Course content

  This course covers the development of cinema from its beginnings around a century ago up to the present Day. A wide variety of approaches for analysis are adopted, from formal, narrative and genre, gender and Freudian, through to the personal and the development of your own critical voice. You will participate in detailed analytical viewing, discussion and personal research. You will explore a wide variety of (often Independent) films, from the bizarre to the classic. In addition to the films themselves, you will consider the industrial and economic context in which the films were made, with particular focus on the Hollywood Studio system and the British film industry.

  You are also encouraged to supplement your programme with the Extended Project.

  Find out about The Extended Project

   

• Life after Henley

  Whilst students may continue on to study film and media related subjects, this course is relevant to those wishing
  to pursue many other subject areas at degree level.

  Last year students went on to a variety of destinations including university places at Bath, Lincoln, Bournemouth, Brighton, Gloucestershire, London and Southampton.

  Alternatively, students may consider direct entry into related
  employment.