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A-Level Film Studies – ‘Vertigo’ & Auteur Theory (Part 2 of 2)

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Vertigo spirals

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

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Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Superimposition in film

5 Frames from Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958)

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Under the Skin - Sound

Under the Skin - featurette

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Pan's Labyrinth

Film Score Analysis Episode 1: Vertigo

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Design and Technology

Waveney Valley Transport

Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Invigilators

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

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Term dates

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ZEN Film Studies GCE Vertigo Old Hollywood Hitchcock Examinations Crashcourse GCSE Drama House Of Flying Daggers Carol Auteur Silent Film Assessment Calendar A Level Drama Pan's Labyrinth March Films Routines Term Dates Key Stage 4 Sixth Form

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