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From Vertigo to Psycho, how Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film


From Vertigo to North by Northwest and Psycho, how American director Alfred Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film.

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

Expressionism

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

How to analyse sound in films

5 Frames from Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958)

World of Wong Kar Wei - go 7 minutes and 13 seconds in!

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

When the Day Breaks - short film interview

Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

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Photography Competition

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

Parents Evening :: Year 12

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

School Policies

Trip to Athens October 2026

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ZEN GCE Film Studies Hitchcock Vertigo Year 9 Evening Year 11 GCSE Drama Athens Phillip Van BBC Do The Right Thing Bullying Pan's Labyrinth Year 13 Editing Term Dates Coursework Statutory Information Photography The Guardian

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