StoryLab: International Film Development Research Network

StoryLab：国际电影发展研究网络

• 批准号: AH/M006336/2
• 负责人: Erik Knudsen
• 金额: $ 3.44万
• 依托单位: University of Central Lancashire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM006336%2F2
• 关键词: StoryLab; International; Film; Development; Research

'Nations and peoples are largely the stories they feed themselves. If they tell themselves stories that are lies, they will suffer the consequences of those lies. If they tell themselves stories that face their own truths, they will free their histories for future flowerings'. (Ben Okri)One hundred years of hegemonic dominance from Western, predominantly Hollywood, values and aesthetics may have created a long term effect on how filmmakers in the developing world, and independent filmmakers in the developed world, tell stories cinematically. Digital technology is, however, making the filmmaking form accessible, opening up opportunities for diverse individuals and cultures to express their own identities through film. The explosion of filmmaking in black sub-Saharan Africa, the emergence of a strong Latin American cinema and the empowerment of independent filmmaking evident in South East Asia are but a few examples of the consequence of the democratisation not only of production technologies, but means of distribution and exhibition. As filmmakers in the developing world become more confident about their filmmaking and their own identities, how is this growing confidence going to challenge notions of quality, visual aesthetic, narrative structure and story themes for so long set by aspirations towards Western cinema?A team of practice led researchers from leading film education institutions in each of the countries of Malaysia (Multimedia University), Ghana (National Film and Television Institute), Colombia (National University of Colombia) and the UK, led by Professor Erik Knudsen from the University of Salford, will run a series of workshops for emerging independent filmmakers in developing countries on three continents. A unique feature of this network is the lateral collaboration that it will encourage between practice led film and media researchers in developing countries across continents. This team of four researchers will collaborate with the host institutions involved to deliver these workshops over the period of the network project, followed by a summarising symposium hosted by the University of Salford at MediaCityUK.Utilising interdisciplinary approaches inspired from music and anthropology, the Research Network will develop a methodology entitled Ethnomediaology. An interdisciplinary approach inspired by practices in Ethnomusicology and Autoethnography, Ethnomediaology involves the active and immersive participation of researchers in the research culture and process, using this active personal engagement as a basis for knowledge generation, data gathering and evaluation.The StoryLab Research Network seeks to explore the following questions: What are the consequences for the democratisation of the means of filmmaking and film dissemination on how filmmakers in the developing world tell cinematic stories and in what ways are these stories, and their mode of expression, reflecting a different perspective on living in an increasingly globalised world? In what ways may these emerging narrative developments impact cinematic storytelling in the UK and beyond?

“国家和人民在很大程度上是他们自己喂养的故事。如果他们告诉自己的故事是谎言，他们将遭受这些谎言的后果。如果他们告诉自己面对自己的真相的故事，他们将释放他们的历史，为未来的花朵。(Ben来自西方，主要是好莱坞，价值观和美学的一百年霸权统治可能对发展中国家的电影制片人和发达国家的独立电影制片人如何用电影讲述故事产生了长期影响。然而，数字技术正在使电影制作形式变得容易获得，为不同的个人和文化提供了通过电影表达自己身份的机会。撒哈拉以南非洲黑人电影制作的爆炸式增长，强大的拉丁美洲电影的出现以及东南亚独立电影制作的赋权，只是生产技术民主化的后果的几个例子，但发行和展览手段。随着发展中国家的电影制作人对自己的电影制作和自己的身份越来越有信心，这种不断增长的信心将如何挑战长期以来对西方电影的渴望所设定的质量，视觉美学，叙事结构和故事主题的概念？来自马来西亚（多媒体大学），加纳（国家电影电视研究所），哥伦比亚（哥伦比亚国立大学）和英国的领先电影教育机构的实践领导研究人员团队，由索尔福德大学的Erik Knudsen教授领导，将为三大洲发展中国家的新兴独立电影制片人举办一系列研讨会。该网络的一个独特之处是它将鼓励各大洲发展中国家以实践为主导的电影和媒体研究人员之间的横向合作。这个由四名研究人员组成的团队将与参与网络项目的主办机构合作，在网络项目期间举办这些研讨会，随后由索尔福德大学在MediaCityUK举办总结研讨会。利用音乐和人类学的跨学科方法，研究网络将开发一种名为民族媒介学的方法。民族媒介学是一种跨学科方法，受到民族音乐学和自我民族志实践的启发，涉及研究人员积极、身临其境地参与研究文化和过程，并利用这种积极的个人参与作为知识生成、数据收集和评估的基础。StoryLab研究网络旨在探索以下问题：电影制作和电影传播手段的民主化对发展中国家的电影制作人如何讲述电影故事以及这些故事的方式和表达方式有什么影响，反映了在日益全球化的世界中生活的不同观点？这些新兴的叙事发展会以何种方式影响英国及其他地区的电影叙事？

项目成果

Finding the Personal Voice in Filmmaking

在电影制作中寻找个人声音

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Knudsen Erik