The Sound/Image Cinema Lab, Long Way Back (dir. Brett Harvey): developing working principles for crewing feature film production with higher education students

Marshall, Kingsley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2518-7305 and Harvey, Simon (2024) The Sound/Image Cinema Lab, Long Way Back (dir. Brett Harvey): developing working principles for crewing feature film production with higher education students. Film Education Journal, 6 (1). pp. 17-29. ISSN 2515-7086

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Abstract / Summary

Since the release of the feature film Weekend Retreat (Dir. Brett Harvey 2011 and produced by Simon Harvey), students and graduates at Falmouth University have worked on over a dozen feature film and high-end TV projects as part of direct opportunities presented by staff, through directly produced, co-produced or partnered projects via the Sound/Image Cinema Lab, a research centre based at Falmouth University.

Using our three most recent projects – the feature films Enys Men (Dir. Mark Jenkin 2022), which premiered in Cannes as part of Director’s Fortnight in 2022 and is was released in January 2023 through the BFI and Long Way Back (Dir. Brett Harvey 2021) that was released in cinemas in 2022, together with a coproduction of the short film The Birdwatcher (Dir. Ryan Mackfall 2022) as case studies, we apply a production studies approach in the vein of those highlighted by Banks, Conor & Mayer (2016).

Through interviews with participants, we contextualise placements through a research overview that “take[s] the lived realities of people involved in media production as the subjects for theorizing production culture” (Mayer, Banks & Caldwell, 2009, 4). We consider how these projects have served as a catalyst for both learning gain, provided confidence in seeking out other opportunities, and have helped industrial partners and production companies reconsider their approaches to entry-level talent.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	film, production, placements, independant, cinema, oregion, brett, harvey, simon, harvey, long, way, back, sound, image, cinema, lab
ISSN:	2515-7086
Subjects:	Education Research Film & Television > Film Creative Art & Design
Courses by Department:	The School of Film & Television
Related URLs:	Organisation
Depositing User:	Kingsley Marshall
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2024 13:23
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 13:21
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/4967

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