Hartismere School

Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

Home Login

The Modern Silent

sites.barbican.org.uk


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…

 

Explore...

How to Talk Experimental Film: A User's Guide

Fallen Angels - Explained

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Realism

Under the Skin - featurette

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Under the Skin - BFI review

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

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

New...

DofE Kit List

Summer 2026 Examinations

January 2026 Examinations

The Misleading Ending of Whiplash

Head of Department - History

Whiplash Final Scene - Andrew Neyman's Performance

theoutdoorscompany Kit Order form

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Discover...

Examinations ZEN GCE Film Studies Silent Film Events Evening BFI Short Film Old Hollywood Hitchcock Vertigo A Level Fallen Angels Aesthetics SOTD Cinematography Jobs Pan's Labyrinth Documentary january

Uh-oh - we were unable to load our website on your browser so we're showing you a plain HTML version.

We use many features found in modern browsers and regrettably yours seems incompatible.

However this legacy version contains (very, very nearly) all the same content. Each page is rendered on our server and doesn't rely on any browser features except the odd font. It doesn't even need Javascript or fancy CSS. It's like being in 1995!

Your browser is reporting itself to us as Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com). Please consider updating your browser to make the most of our website.

If you would like to try our proper website again - you can do so here...