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Blinded By The Light- film review

The film, Blinded By The Light,  is a musical with elements of comedy and drama based in 1987. It is directed by Gurinder Chadha with it releasing in 2019 moreover with the main them of the music within the film being songs by the American rockstar Bruce Springsteen. The story centres around a second generation Pakistani-Muslim teenager called Javed in which he learns to express himself fully utilising Bruce's songs despite residing within an Asian household which condemns this genre of music.  Since young Javed has constituted his passion for writing and poetry in which it began with his childhood friend Matt gifting him a diary. Later on he begins his A levels in which he chose English as his subject. He does this in secret due to it opposing his fathers wishes of him studying economics. Moreover he has to work a job on top of studying which he has to give all the money he has earned to his father, further enforcing Javed's lack of opportunity and expression. Meeting her in h

cinematography learner response

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The British film industry

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. When film is set i Britain and made with British people.  2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film?   British film as a production context also tends to be varied but idiosyncratic to the story being told within the film. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? 1962 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? The British film industry in  the 1970s was dominated by the subject of censorship that continued into  the video nasties banning of the 1980s. The 1980s also saw a dramatic  decline in American investment in British film that did not increase again  until the 1990s. 5) What groups are often represented in British film? Give examples of films these groups feature in. Many of the representations of different groups within British  film focus and change according to these issues, for

Film & TV Language index:

1) Film poster analysis 2) Mise-en-scene analysis blog tasks 3) Mise-en-scene video recreation   /  and learner response 4) Lighting analysis blog tasks 5) Sound analysis blog tasks 6) Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video task   / and feedback/learner response 7) Cinematography blog tasks 8) Cinematography video task   / and learner response 9) Editing video task and learner response 10) Editing blog task - 750 word analysis