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Silent London’s Pamela Hutchinson looks back at the origins of silent cinema and contemplates the striking similarities to what we’re watching now on our phones and on the big screen…

 

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‘Captain Fantastic’ Review: Wilderness Family With Great Vigor and Viggo

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Goodfellas, The Film Programme - BBC Radio 4

Vertigo spirals

Naming, and Defining, Avant-Garde or Experimental Film

The Origins of Auteur Theory

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Nick Broomfield interview

Captain Fantastic editing

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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Artificial intelligence and assessments

Hartismere Family of Schools Art Exhibition - Somerleyton Hall

Summer 2024 Results

Year 5 Open afternoons

Design and Technology

Design and Technology: Literacy

My Examinations

National Apprenticeship Week 2024

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Examinations ZEN GCE Film Studies Silent Film BFI Avant-Garde Cinematography Do The Right Thing Test GCSE Apprenticeships Job Adverts Film4 exhibition Oscars Keystage 5 Hall Modernism Vertigo Carol

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