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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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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

The importance of scene transitions

What is an Inciting incident?

The Wave: Autocracy clip part 2 (clip 3 of 9)

How to write scene transitions

Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

The Wave revision activity

The Wave: the first autocracy lesson, part 1 (clip 2 of 9)

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

Dracula Revision

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Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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Work Experience ZEN Film Studies Nationals Careers Component 2 Examinations Cinema Mocks Wellbeing Theatre Horror Do The Right Thing Productions Phillip Van Post-Production Festival Vertigo British Film Industry Attack The Block YouTube

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