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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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Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

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Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

The importance of scene transitions

Film: camera shots examples

Under the Skin - BFI review

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