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    Auteurism and Aesthetic Innovation

    What Auteurism and Aesthetic Innovation means in Film Studies GCSE, as defined for Eduqas.

    Definition of Auteurism and Aesthetic Innovation

    The emergence of the director as the primary creative 'author', leading to the development of radical new film grammars that deviate from classical continuity editing.
    Eduqas · Component 2: Global Film - Narrative, Representation and Film Style

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