BFI Screenonline: Tours

Tours

BFI Screenonline Tours are brief guides through a particular subject area, illustrated by video clips, still photographs and other materials. You can find more tours, aimed at students, teachers and lecturers, in the Education section.

And don't forget the BT / BFI Screenonline Archive Interactives - the latest features Malcolm McDowell in a guide to the influential but under-recognised 1950s Free Cinema movement.

	The art of British cinematography, with examples from some of its most illustrious exponents.		What does it mean to be British? Explore the layers of meaning in a deceptively simple word.		The extraordinary transformation of women's roles and status during World Wars I and II.		A ten-point guide to 60 years of programming for the small and not-so-small.		In the first of a series examining film marketing, we look at the use of pressbooks to market to cinemas.
	From Bond to Billy Liar, Brief Encounter to Bridget Jones... what makes a British hero?		British comedy reflects our love of the absurd, dislike of pomposity and predilection for dark, dry wit.		A workshop for would-be film writers, illustrated with successful short films from recent years.		The distinctive style of the celebrated 'master of suspense' as it developed in his early career.