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

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Visual Storytelling

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Subverting Genre in Film

Exposition in Film

Great Villains in Film

Foreshadowing in Film

Protagonists in Film

Theme in Film

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