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Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

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From Vertigo to Psycho, how Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

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

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

The Origins of Auteur Theory

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

Under the Skin - Sound

Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

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Teacher of Business Studies & Economics

Teacher of Art & Photography (Part time)

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Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

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