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Silent London’s Pamela Hutchinson looks back at the origins of silent cinema and contemplates the striking similarities to what we’re watching now on our phones and on the big screen…

 

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Cinema and modernism

Truffaut on the Auteur Theory

Pan's Labyrinth

Naming, and Defining, Avant-Garde or Experimental Film

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Under the Skin - BFI review

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Captain Fantastic editing

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

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Safeguarding

Sixth Form Course Information

Sixth Form Applications

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Early Help

School Uniform

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

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