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The film community is waiting with anticipation for the announcement from the British Film Institute (BFI) about their five-year plan to develop the UK film industry, film culture and film going. Following their consultation document New Horizon's for UK Film, many believe the BFI's proposals will include a call for a "UK-wide network of virtual and physical film hubs." If this is the case it has to be applauded. The devil will be in the detail as to what these hubs will deliver, but I think the notion of a UK-wide network is a major step in recognising that film in its many manifestations – producing, making and watching – is a national activity. It's always been easy to think of the film industry as London-based, with the gravitational pull of the capital as a natural phenomenon. Historically that has always been the case. Yet a major shift is possible. Digital formats and the internet has fundamentally changed and challenged that assumption of the "centre" – work can now be made and distributed from where you're based; they can come to you, rather than vice-versa. I was struck by a recent profile on Paignton-based singer, songwriter and film-maker Cosmo Jarvis, who as well as having released three albums and numerous singles at the age of 23 has also made short and feature films. For me he exemplifies the new phenomenon of talent coming from outside of the centre and establishing their creative profile without taking the traditional London apprenticeship.

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Analysis-In our TV drama sequence we ensured that we contained the use of Levi-Straus' theory of 'Binary Opposites' as the two main protagonists (characters) showed the opposing characteristics in which one was well behaved and portrayed innocence however the other  was portrayed as the bad girl type. The bad character was starred by Megan Brant and the innocent well behaved character was played by Hannah Alley.

Megan illustrated the signs of bad behaivour and awful attitude by her actions and her body language. This interpretation is caused even in the first scene when Hannah walks past Megan and politely waves. This is because Megan showed attitude by her glance looking up and down on Hannah. She looked in disgust as Hannah didn't belong in the school. Even her stance being slouched and chewing gum illustrates to the audience that Megan does't care and that being in school is the last place that she wants to be.

The opposing character showing all different aspects of being the innocent good girl type (Hannah) portays all these features by her body language, facial expressions and actions. Throughout the whole clip Hannah is constantly being polite being well mannered and just generally trying to fit in being the friend type that she is. However everything that she does has a tendency to not fit in with Megans expectations and always ends up getting on the wrong side of her.  When the camera pans over to Hannah it allows the audience to get a full image as it shows both characters on the screen at the same time. From this we can see that the completely different postures the two characters have emphasising the differences that run throughout. In the first scene the audience can clearly see from Hannah's stance that her behaivour is alot better and is the behaivour that you'd expect a pupil to have while attending

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China denies pressuring Disney over Dalai Lama film

The Chinese government... has never put pressure in any wayon the Disney Co., Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofangtold a news briefing. We only hope the Disney group will be able to bettercooperate with China in relevant areas, he added without elaboration. Shen made his statements after reporters asked about a film industry letter that criticized Beijing for what it called attempting to impose worldwide censorship on Chinarelated films. A group of 41 movie actors, actresses, producers and directors including Paul Newman and Bernardo Bertolucci sent the letter on Wednesday to the Chinese ambassador to the United States.

Last month, China reportedly blasted Disney for moving ahead with the production of the film Kundun, based on the Dalai Lama. Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of inciting unrest in the region. Despite Beijings objections, Disney said it had no plans to cancel the films release.

In Wednesdays letter, the film industry personalities said Chinas warning to Disney was the latest incident in a persistent effort by Beijing to censor the film industry. The letter cited 12 incidents, in which the film industry believed China has interfered with production.

Disney is eager to expand into Asia, particularly China, where demand for U.S. products is high. It remained to be seen if Disneys involvement in Kundun would hurt its ambitious business expansion plans in China.

The Dalai Lama fled his Himalayan homeland in 1959 after afailed uprising against Communist rule and won the Nobel Peace Prize 30 years later for his nonviolent campaign for autonomy for Tibet.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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