
Finding the Personal Voice in Filmmaking
Erik Knudsen(Author)
Palgrave Pivot (Publisher)
Published on 18. October 2018
Book
Hardback
VII, 130 pages
978-3-030-00376-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book philosophically and creatively examines ways in which independent filmmakers may explore, through practice, the discovery and development of a personal voice in the making of their films. Filmmaker and academic, Professor Erik Knudsen, uses a combination of autoethnographic experience derived from his own filmmaking practice and new insights gained from a series of ethnomediaological StoryLab workshops with independent filmmakers in Malaysia, Ghana and Colombia to drive this innovative examination. The book contextualises this practice exploration within an eclectic psychological and philosophical framework that ranges from Jungian psychological theories of the collective unconscious to Sheldrakian scientific theories of morphic resonance, from Christian mystical ideas about creative motivation to structuralist theories that underpin our linguistic understanding of story and narrative. Why should we create? What is a creative act? This in-depth study tackles these questions by examining the early ideation stages of cinematic expression and ultimately seeks to understand the practical ways in which ideas are shaped into stories and narratives.
Reviews / Votes
"Knudsen takes us deep into his own (very personal and successful) creative practice as a filmmaker and collaborator in the pursuit of developing cinematic stories. Out of his autoethnographic exploration, he has developed a rich and powerful methodology: ethnomediaology. This book allows us to reap the benefits of the hugely significant and seminal work of the AHRC StoryLab Film Development Research Network workshops. Of particular value are the series of exercises and questions which the reader can use to problem solve through processes that break down patterns of thinking and develop ideas using the notion of story and narrative resonance." (Graham Roberts, Leeds Trinity University, UK)
More details
Edition
2018 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
VII, 130 p. 2 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-00376-0 (9783030003760)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-00377-7
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Person
Erik Knudsen
is a filmmaker and Professor of Media Practice at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Recent prize winning films include
Cleft Lip
(2018) and
The Raven On The Jetty
(2015) and he is co-author of
Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice
(2011).
Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Why Create?.- 3. What is Creativity?.- 4. Why Story?.- 5. Transformations.- 6. Appendix.