Film for a purpose: a pictorial introduction

IF 0.5 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

Studies in Documentary Film Pub Date : 2022-05-11 DOI:10.1080/17503280.2022.2066327

J. Hughes

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ABSTRACT Created for the Uses of Cinema conference (SSAAANZ, Monash University, November 2018), the video Film for a Purpose (13 minutes, 2018) offers a précis of my research with the ARC Discovery project ‘Utilitarian film in Australia 1945-1980'. The video essay ironically deploys certain tropes of the sponsored film - the green screen, the authoritative presenter, the wallto-wall narration, the literal illustration, etc. - in its exposition of the studies cited. An overview of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) where moving image collections of Australian government agencies are collected then drills down to films from the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation) Film Unit. Uses of Cinema then turns to films of the Australian labour movement through the lens of Tom Zubrycki's controversial documentary film history of the Australian trade union movement, Amongst Equals (1986-1991). Each case study brings to light certain problems pertinent to the broader category: the ‘utilitarian film', in the Australian context. Finally a fourth research paper, completed after 2018, examines the surveillance image and its uses in political propaganda and investigative documentary. This ‘pictorial introduction' lightly annotates a selection of freeze frames from the film, explicating aspects of their ‘screen design’ and treatment.

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为某一目的而拍摄的影片:图片介绍

为电影使用会议(SSAAANZ，莫纳什大学，2018年11月)而创作的视频电影(13分钟，2018年)提供了我与ARC发现项目“澳大利亚1945-1980年的功利主义电影”的研究的一个项目。视频文章讽刺地运用了赞助电影的某些比喻——绿幕、权威的主持人、铺天盖地的叙述、文字插图等——在对引用研究的阐述中。澳大利亚国家档案馆(NAA)的概况，其中收集了澳大利亚政府机构的动态图像，然后深入到CSIRO(联邦科学与工业研究组织)电影部门的电影。《电影的使用》随后通过汤姆·祖布赖基(Tom Zubrycki)颇具争议的澳大利亚工会运动历史纪录片《平等之间》(1986-1991)的镜头转向了澳大利亚劳工运动的电影。每个案例研究都揭示了与更广泛的范畴相关的某些问题:澳大利亚背景下的“功利主义电影”。最后，第四篇研究论文于2018年之后完成，研究了监控图像及其在政治宣传和调查性纪录片中的用途。这篇“图片介绍”对电影中的定格画面进行了简单的注释，阐述了它们的“屏幕设计”和处理方式。

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Studies in Documentary Film FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-

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1.00

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： Studies in Documentary Film is the first refereed scholarly journal devoted to the history, theory, criticism and practice of documentary film. In recent years we have witnessed an increased visibility for documentary film through conferences, the success of general theatrical releases and the re-emergence of scholarship in documentary film studies. Studies in Documentary Film is a peer-reviewed journal.