MULTICOMPONENT: Confusion of Tongues & Light of Day - two films that explore alternative models of feature film production
- Submitting institution
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Bournemouth University
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 293606
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
- Filmbase; Grand Independent
- Month
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- Year
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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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 - Media Industries
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Alternative models of feature film production
Light of Day (executive producer)
Video link: https://vimeo.com/398761684
Password: 11ght0fday
Confusion of Tongues (director/producer)
Video link: https://vimeo.com/396135165
Password: c0nfu510n
These artefacts were produced in 2014 as part of a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project, exploring different production models in light of digital tapeless workflow. Light of Day used a research informed teaching model. Postgraduate students learnt in an industry environment (Filmbase in Ireland) and produced features alongside staff (of which this is one of them). The project was established to address the 'missing middle', the decline in film production apprenticeships. As principal investigator, I collaborated with Filmbase to validate and operate a postgraduate award franchise to serve as a space to create a sustainable production of low and micro-budget productions and provide a clear entry point for students who wished to go on into industry. Successful alumni include Laura Way (now a director on Eastenders) and Richie Bolger (producer of Cardboard Gangsters).
Confusion of Tongues was shot and edited in 72 consecutive hours and screened to an audience at the IMAX Big Screen in Millennium Point Birmingham. The artefact was produced using two teams of generalist filmmakers rotating roles on set, exploring ways in which digital workflow could alter the organisational structure of film productions.
Each film was produced with industry practitioners (such as Eoin Colfer, Lorna Larkin, Gemma Atkinson) working alongside students and premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh. The films were funded through a mixture of crowdfunding, HEIF grants and external investment and led to consultancy with Fremantle Media and Panasonic to share the knowledge. Confusion of Tongues had regional coverage upon BBC television and radio. A further six feature-length films were produced using these models between 2014-2018: Poison Pen, Monged, Fading Away, The Randomer, Writing Home and The Comeback.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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