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The First and Final Frames of Famous Films Can Teach Us a Lot about Good Filmmaking


A single frame is rarely more important than all of the others in a film, but the first and last can leave one hell of an impression.

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What is a frame narrative?

An Introduction to Screenwriting - Online Course

How 50 Famous Female Characters Were Described in Their Screenplays

Screenplay examples with visuals from the film

GCSE Film Studies: Eduqas Timeline of Key Developments in Film and Film Technology

Catharsis explained

Movies | The Guardian

Truffaut on the Auteur Theory

Editing a Film

Download 9 of the 10 Screenplays Nominated for the 2017 Oscars Right Now

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I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

What happens to your examination script?

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

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