A young Soldier at the Battle of Le Cateau
- Submitting institution
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University for the Creative Arts
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Dargan, J. 2016. YS
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
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- Month
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- Year
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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3 - Film, Media and Expanded Animation
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- ‘A young Soldier at the Battle of Le Cateau’ is an animated documentary film created by John Dargan. The short film addresses the reification of past events, eliciting forgotten narratives that challenge representations and perceptions of military spaces and activity. The focus of the research was on the Battle of Le Cateau which took place on the Western Front early in World War One, and the narrative centres around the tragic and brutal experience of a junior officer. The film foregrounds the hierarchical relationship of the officers and the calamitous consequences that relationship produced, as 400 men were killed or wounded in two minutes of unrestricted enemy machine gun fire.
Dargan was commissioned by Dover Arts Development as part of a larger initiative to enhance and expand audience participation in museums, historic associations and galleries in the Dover area. 'A Young Soldier at the Battle of Le Cateau' was then exhibited in two historical settings in Dover: the Maison Dieu and the Western Heights. Dissemination began in 2016 and recurred at the Western Heights twice-yearly, in May and September, until 2019. The film was also disseminated via inclusion in the Beyond War...Visualising Peace exhibition at the Beaney Museum, Canterbury.
The supporting information supplied includes evidence of the research aims, context and processes which led to new insights. It is illustrated with images of the film’s production process, realisation and dissemination, and includes a book version of the story represented in the animation that accompanied its exhibition. The supporting information should be viewed alongside the animated film.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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