Year 10 Film is a course that aims to prepare the student for the artistic and analytical requirements of the International Baccalaureate Diploma course. It allows the student to explore the different components of the storytelling process in terms of film language, technology, art and reflection. Students are encouraged to engage in creative processes that are at once challenging and new to their traditional ways of thinking.
When studying film within the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, the subject enables learners to:
- Design and produce films using visual storytelling techniques
- Develop a range of technological skills to enhance their level of artistic practice
- Use technology to design, film and edit imagery that can illustrate their relationship to their own identity within the human context
- Appreciate differing social or ethical points of view and become aware of their own perspectives and biases and to respect those of others and how they are embedded in visual storytelling
- Apply the ability to draw together knowledge, skills, research and experience, and apply them analytically to think critically, share critiques and evaluate film texts in terms of
- Cinematic elements and storytelling techniques
- The historical, theoretical, socio-cultural, economic and institutional contexts of film in more than one country, time and environment
- Engage in other art forms to broaden their skill base and appreciation of film
- Apply film language to communicate design intent, self-critique and adapt ‘works in progress’
- Identify and understand the roles of the various people involved in filmmaking
- Analyse, critique and reflect on the impact of cultural, social, historical origins and political issues of film movements, with a particular focus on German Expressionism, Film Noir and French New Wave film movements
- Reflect critically on the way historical societies have told stories throughout history in the film medium.
Assessment
Exploring Film Production Roles
| Students undertake a variety of filmmaking exercises in three film production roles, each illustrating an understanding of the roles. This is presented in a Film Portfolio digitally | 25% |
Textual Analysis
| A written analysis of a prescribed film text based on a chosen extract from that film. Students consider the cultural context of the film through selected film elements. | 20% |
Contextualising Film
| From a chosen area of film focus, identify and compare two films from within that area and present discoveries as a recorded multimedia form. | 20% |
Collaborative Project
| Students work as part of a core production team in an identifiable role to create a short film that has drawn from their study of film, filmmakers and other artists. | 35% |
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