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Getting into Film - National Careers Week


The film industry is one of the UK’s great strengths. As one of the sectors that make up the creative industries, it has over recent years demonstrated that it makes a significant contribution to the country’s economy, but it is beginning to show strains flowing from an acute skills shortage. 

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Pan's Labyrinth

Attack the Block revision 1

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Fallen Angels - Explained

When the Day Breaks - short film interview

The Wave: Cinema's most terrifying lesson

The Lost Boys opening

Superimposition in film

Understanding Fallen Angels

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

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Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Film post-production explained

Year 10 British Farming Fortnight

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

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