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How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

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House of Flying Daggers - sound

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

Realism

3 Hitchcock Techniques Magnified

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Quiz: How well do you remember Vertigo?

The Origins of Auteur Theory

The end of the auteur?

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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University and careers; destinations & retention

Hartismere Bursary Criteria

Sixth Form Course Information

E-Safety

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Academic challenge and independence; attainment

Hartismere Sixth Form College

GCSE CS: 1.5 Networks - TCP/IP Layers and Protocols

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