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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis


A short analysis of the cinematic techniques used to enhance storytelling in the film Carol.

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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Surface Matters

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

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Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

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

Expressionism

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin - BFI review

Academy Conversations: Carol

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

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Correspondence from the Exams Office

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

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WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

January 2026 Examinations

December Mock Examinations

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Trip to Athens October 2026

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