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Analyse Film

Films are so brilliant at telling stories it's easy to miss how rich and complex film language is. This section provides a wealth of material to help you and your students understand the beauty of film - and help to develop 21st century literacy.

'Analysing' is about actively watching and decoding the moving images in our society - developing the idea that we can learn to read films - in the same way as young people learn to read a book or poem.

Many budding movie makers find that time spent analysing other peoples films has a huge impact on the quality of their own creative work