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Blinded by the light film review

 1. Title: Blinded by the light      Director: Gurinder Chadha      Year of release: 1976      Background info:  It is  based on Manzoor's 2007 memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N' Roll . Set in the town of Luton in 1987 Britain, the film tells the coming-of-age story of Javed, a British-Pakistani Muslim teenager whose life is changed after he discovers the music of Springsteen.      Key cast members:   Viveik Kalra as Javed Khan. Kulvinder Ghir as Malik Khan, Javed's father. Meera Ganatra as Noor Khan, Javed's mother. Nell Williams as Eliza. Jeff Mirza as Mr Shah. Aaron Phagura as Roops. Dean-Charles Chapman as Matt. Nikita Mehta as Shazia Khan, Javed's sister 2.  In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen . In 1987 Britain, Javed Khan is a British-Pakistani college arts student in Luton in a family with a d

The British film industry: blog tasks

  Factsheet #132: British Film 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. Whether the film is created in Britain, made with British people and funded with British money.  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. A films production context is the  conditions under which the film has been made. For instance the Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios  have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories. Whereas the independent production context  films tend to have low budgets, character rather than spectacle driven stories and a heavier reliance on word of mouth and viral advertising. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? The 1960s brought about the start of  the James Bond franchise as

Film and TV index

1)  Film poster analysis 2)  Mise-en-scene analysis blog tasks 3)  Mise-en-scene video recreation and learner response   LR: Mise en scene 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