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Category Archive: Film

Review: Benediction (2021)

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The troubled life of WWI soldier and acclaimed poet Siegfried Sassoon is the subject of Terence Davies’ affecting […]

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Analysis: Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and the Use of Flashback

When is the flashback more than just a flashback? When it’s the B-story! The use of structural flashback […]

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Analysis: Casino (1995) – Adapting the Source Material (Part Two)

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The second part of our analysis focuses on the opening to Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi’s sprawling Las […]

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Analysis: Casino (1995) – Adapting the Source Material (Part One)

In this analysis, we take a closer look at how Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi’s Las Vegas-set crime […]

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Review: The Duke (2020)

An unlikely art heist carried out in the name of social justice in 1960s Britain is the subject […]

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Analysis: Writing the Social Issues Film

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We’ve all seen films that have an agenda woven through the narrative. When done well, these ‘social issues’ […]

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Analysis: Serpico (1973) – Incorporating Character Weakness and Counterpoint

We’ve chosen a scene from Serpico that highlights how an alternative point-of-view and protagonist weakness can be incorporated into the […]

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Analysis: Milk (2008) – Notes on the Use of Voice-over

Voice-over is an often criticised screenwriting tool, but Milk highlights how it can be effectively employed to enhance a biopic […]

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Analysis: Hidden Figures (2016) – Notes on the Multi-Protagonist Narrative

Having more than one protagonist can be problematic, but it can also offer rich opportunities to develop several […]

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