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Blinded By The Light Film Review

The film is called Blinded By The Light which is directed by Gurinder Chadha . The film was released in August 2019 and is a drama,comedy,young adult musical . The film was a low budget film of $15 million and is based on a true story of the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love for Bruce Springsteen's music. The role of Javed Khan (the protagonist ) is played by actor Viveik Kalra and is based around his life as a teenage boy from a Pakistani-Muslim household who's trying to find his identity despite his father's demands and expectations and succeeds through the use of Bruce Springsteen's music.  Javed is a teenage boy who enjoys writing poems as his passion however Javed comes from a Pakistani household therefore his father has very high expectations of him and expected him to go into a more STEM subject such as maths or economics however Javed secretly picked English as one of his A level subjects where he recevies a lot of support from his English teac

The British Film Industry

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A film could be considered British due to the fact that it was made in Britian, the people making the film are British, it is funded from within Britain, the cast is British or if the film's subject matter is about Britain or Britain culture.  2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? Hollywood production context means that films tend to have high budgets, heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories. Whereas British production context can be large budget, high concept films or they can be character driven, small budget films and will in some way reflect British culture.  3) When did the James Bond franchise start? The James Bond franchise started in the 1960s.  4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? In the 1970s the British Film industry was

Film and TV language index

1)  Film poster analysis 2)  Mise-en-scene analysis blog task 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 feedback and 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