Cinema and modernism
Modernism was concerned with everyday life, perception, time and the kaleidoscopic and fractured experience of urban space. Cinema, with its techniques of close-up, panning, flashbacks and montage played a major role in shaping experimental works such as Mrs Dalloway or Ulysses. Here Laura Marcus explores the impact of cinema on modernist literature.
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How to Talk Experimental Film: A User's Guide
Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology
House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance
House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene
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Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)
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Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)
Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)
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BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.
Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)
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