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AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction gives students the confidence to tackle every part of the WJEC AS Level Film Studies course. The authors, who have wide ranging experience as teachers, examiners and authors, introduce students step by step, to the skills involved in the study of film. The second edition follows the new WJEC syllabus for 2008 teaching onwards and has a companion website with additional chapters and resources for students and teachers. Individual chapters address the following key areas, amongst others:
- British stars – Ewan McGregor
- genres – horror
- British production – Working Title
- social-political study – living with crime
- US film – Westerns
- film form
- spectatorship
- the practical application of learning.
Specifically designed to be user friendly, the seond edition of AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction has a new text design to make the book easy to follow, includes more than 100 colour photographs and is jam packed with features such as:
- case studies relevant to the 2008 specification
- activities on films like Little Miss Sunshine, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Descent
- key terms
- example exam questions
- suggestions for further reading and website resources.
Matched to the current WJEC specifciation, AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction covers everything students need to study as part of the course.
A2 Media Studies
by Antony Bateman, Peter Bennett, Sarah Casey Benyahia, and Peter Wall
Developing key topics in depth and introducing students to the notion of independent study, this full colour, highly illustrated textbook is designed to support students through the transition from AS to A2 and is the perfect guide for the new WJEC A2 Media Studies syllabus. Individual chapters, written by experienced teachers and examiners cover the following key areas:
• Introduction: From AS to A2
• 1. Key Concepts: genre, narrative, representation, audience
• 2. Developing Textual Analysis
• 3. Theoretical Perspectives
• 4. Passing MS4: Text, Industry and Audience
• 5. Passing MS3: Media Investigation and Production
• Epilogue
Specially designed to be user-friendly, A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction for WJEC includes activities, key terms, case studies, sample exam questions and over 120 full colour images.
Media Studies
by Sarah Casey Benyahia, Abigail Gardner, Philip Rayner, and Peter Wall
Bringing together key writings with original textbook material, the second edition of Media Studies: The Essential Resource explains central perspectives and concepts within Media Studies. Readers are introduced to a range of writing on media topics promoting an understanding of the subject from both contemporary and historical perspectives.
The text is split into three parts covering Analysis and Perspectives, Media Audiences and Ecologies and Creativities. The key areas of study are discussed, with accessible readings from essential theoretical texts and fully supported with an author commentary. Theoretical perspectives are used to analyse contemporary media forms and activities direct students to interrogate readings further and apply their learning.
Encouraging critical and analytical study, Media Studies: The Essential Resource helps students to understand the main theories and theorists within Media Studies.
AS Media Studies
by Antony Bateman, Sarah Casey Benyahia, Claire Mortimer, and Peter Wall
This full colour, highly illustrated textbook is designed to support students through their WJEC AS in Media Studies. Individual chapters cover the following key areas:
- Textual Analysis: Visual, Technical and Audio codes
- Textual Analysis: Narrative and Genre Codes
- Approaches to Representation
- Approaches to Audience Response
- Case Studies on Representation and Audience: Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Identity, Events and Issues
- Passing MS1: Media Representations and Receptions
- Production Work, Evaluation and report
Specially designed to be user-friendly, AS Media Studies: The Essential Introduction for WJEC includes activities, key terms, case studies and sample exam questions. It introduces the course, tackles useful approaches to study, key content covered in the specification, and guides the student in approaching and planning the exam and production work through analysis, prompts and activities.
The authors, who are experienced teachers and A-level examiners, introduce the students step-by-step to the main forms of reading media texts, and address key areas such as media technologies, media institutions and media audiences.
AS Media Studies: The Essential Introduction will give students the confidence to tackle every part of an introductory media course. Its key features include:
*Activities and further work * Practical assignments and exam questions * Further reading and a glossary of key terms * Case studies showing how theoretical ideas can be applied in everyday situations
A2 Film Studies
by Sarah Casey Benyahia, Freddie Gaffney, and John White
A2 Film Studies: The Essential Introduction gives students the confidence to tackle every part of the WJEC A2 Level Film Studies course. The authors, who have wide ranging experience as teachers, examiners and authors, introduce students step by step, to the skills involved in the study of film. The second edition has been re-designed and re-written to follow the new WJEC A2 syllabus for 2009 teaching onwards and is supported by a companion website at www.alevelfilmstudies.co.uk offering further advice and activities.
There is a chapter for each exam topic including:
- The small scale research project
- The creative project
- Aspects of a national cinema - Bollywood; Iranian; Japanese; and Mexican
- International Film Styles - German and/or Soviet; Surrealism; Neo-Realism; and New Waves
- Specialist studies - Urban Stories; and Empowering Women
- Spectatorship topics - Early cinema before 1917; Documentary; Experimental and expanded film/video; and Popular film and emotional responses
- The single film critical study - every film covered
Specifically designed to be user friendly, the second edition of A2 Film Studies: The Essential Introduction has a new text design to make the book easy to follow, includes more than sixty colour images and is packed with features such as:
- case studies relevant to the 2009 specification
- activities on films like All About My Mother, 10, Vertigo and City of God
- key terms
- example exam questions
- suggestions for further reading and website resources.
Matched to the current WJEC specification, A2 Film Studies: The Essential Introduction covers everything students need to study as part of the course.
As Media Studies: The Essential Introduction for Wjec
by Antony Bateman, Claire Mortimer, Peter Wall, and Sarah Casey Benyahia
AS & A2 Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA
by Antony Bateman, Sarah Casey Benyahia, Claire Mortimer, and Peter Wall
Written by a team of experienced teachers and examiners, the book offers clear and engaging pathways through all the areas covered in the Media Studies curriculum, providing students with:
* Revision Activities
* Exam Tips and reminders
* Definitions of key terms
* Past paper questions
* References to examiners reports.
The authors also offer essential background information to help Media Studies students understand wider contexts and theoretical perspectives, as well as giving the lowdown on how exams are marked, how to manage self-study and approaching final examinations.
A Level Film Studies
by Sarah Casey Benyahia, John White, and Freddie Gaffney
This essential book covers the key areas for A Level Film Studies students, building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach.
The first part of the book establishes a basic understanding of the grounding of film analysis in the various elements of film construction, mise en scène, cinematography, editing, sound and performance, developing the knowledge students have of movies whilst challenging them to consider new films and ideas. Key theoretical approaches around narrative, genre, representation, spectatorship and authorship are introduced in Part II, before we consider specific national cinemas from around the world in parts III and IV. In Part V, the book assesses a range of slightly different film experiences, looking at silent cinema, experimental films and documentaries; before, finally, Part VI shifts to evaluating creative approaches to students’ own filmmaking.
Specifically designed to be user-friendly, the book has an easy-to-follow design, includes more than 60 colour images and is packed with features such as:
- case studies on a range of films and filmmakers;
- activities on such films as Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Murnau, 1927, USA), Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958, USA), Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989, USA), We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay, 2011, UK) and Stories We Tell (Polley, 2012, Canada);
- definitions of key terms; and
- suggestions for further reading and website resources.
Matched to the current exam specification, A Level Film Studies: The Essential Introduction covers everything students need to study as part of the course. The book is supported by a companion website at www.alevelfilmstudies.co.uk, offering further advice and activities.
Bringing together a wide array of accessible and contemporary source material, Film Studies is the ideal companion for students studying film studies at university and pre-university level.
From printed media to the views of actual individuals involved in the film-making process, the sources cover all areas to illustrate key topics in film studies. They include:
- academic articles
- advertising
- websites
- interviews with directors and actors
- magazines and newspapers.
With each extract introduced and contextualized by the editors, and suggestions for further activities and further reading included, Film Studies is the perfect resource to kick-start students' autonomy.
A2 Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA
by Jo Barker and Peter Wall
A2 Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA is the must-have, self-help resource for students preparing for AQA A2 Media Studies exams.
Individual sections cover the following key exam topics:
- texts and contexts in the media (MED4)
- the production and manufacture of news
- representations
- genre
- media audiences
- comparative critical analysis (MED6)
- texts
- making connections
- wider contexts
- theoretical perspectives.
Written by experienced teachers and examiners, A2 Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA provides invaluable advice and support, and includes activities, exam questions, worked examples, revision tips and suggested resources.
With such a resource, A-level students of media studies cannot go wrong.
