You make the movies: audiences as new filmmakers in the age of user generated content

Abstract Ironically enough ,‘You make the movies’ is the name of the latest campaign run by the British film and TV industry to fight against film piracy (http://tinyurl.com/38fcstx). Different trailers have been made where famous scenes from movies have been restaged in everyday‘s Great Britain.. The message is clear, the audience is the one who is making the movies, and without people watching films the industry would not be able to make them. The audience has always... Read More

Babel Fiche: animating the archive

Abstract This short paper will present Babel Fiche, a participatory residency by artist Dave Griffiths (Manchester, UK), commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella (London, UK) and launching in early March 2011. Extending over 9 months, this artwork aims to form collaborative relationships within a globally distributed community of film practitioners. It aims to test the possibilities of open source production in the context of artists’ film and video, by attempting to plan and... Read More