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Filmmakers' research perspectives: an overview of Australian and UK filmmaking research
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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:54 authored by Joanna CallaghanJoanna Callaghan, Susan KerriganFilmmaking research is part of the broader practice research paradigm – known as practice-led, practice-based and creative practice research – where films are created as research outputs in fiction, documentary and hybrid forms. Filmmaking researchers’ enquiries into production practices, techniques, modes and genres used in cinema, television and online have been successfully conducted using filmmaking as a primary research method. This paper sets out to explore the approaches used in filmmaking research that have been adopted in Australia and the UK, to identify the similarities and differences between the two research environments by looking at nine sample research projects. The sample projects illustrate the diversity of films as research outputs, where some are made as a means of exploring theoretical perspectives, like “The Brisbane Line” (Maher 2011) and “Love in the Post” (Callaghan 2014). Others were created as part of larger interdisciplinary research projects, for example “Using Fort Scratchley” (Kerrigan 2008a) saw communication and history academics work together. With the series “Reducing Bullying: Evidence Based Strategies for Schools” (Wotherspoon 2006), social scientists and film production academics created a series of films used to initiate classroom discussions around acceptable social behaviours. The common element in the sample projects is that filmmaking was used as a research method, even though each project used a different methodology.
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Filmmaking Research Network; G1986; AHRC-ARTS & HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL; AH/P005713/1
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Refereed Proceedings: Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association Annual Conference 2016Publisher
Australian Screen Production Education and Research AssociationVolume
2016Page range
1-16Event name
ASPERA Screen Production Research: The Big QuestionsEvent location
The University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, AustraliaEvent type
conferenceEvent date
5 - 7 July 2016Place of publication
AustraliaISBN
9780994336538Department affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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Kath Dooley, Bettina Frankham, Susan KerriganLegacy Posted Date
2018-09-05First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-09-04Usage metrics
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