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consider: for element one 1.2 The expatriates. What do they bring back with them?


 * Andrew Nicholson returns to New Zealand make the Narnia Series ||  ||

Look at the writers and directors who are from New Zealand and live overseas. What bigger projects have they succeeded with? What is the context for the blockbuster world?

Look at differences in cinema style between New Zealand directors e.g it is thought that the gothic has been present in some NZ cinema. What are the comedies? Read some biographies of New Zealand characters who have championed film in New Zealand; read published authors that have become the subjects of New Zealand cinema. e.g Ronald Hugh Morrison

Ask the questions. Is New Zealand cinema a source of cultural identity? ** read about New Zealand studies. **

NZ Film Studies Make use of EPIC national Library base

listen to audiotapes on transfers http://www.natlib.govt.nz/students NZ organisations NZ society NZ Honors board NZ film reading guide What will you be looking for ? The history of what? The history of visionary filmmakers- their life?; the history of cultural renaissance; the history of craft and industry? Questions to ask. What is cinema? What is national cinema? What does cinema give audiences? What about the non- box office film as we are a small country? What about film genres that are alternative to commercial cinema? Are these valuable? How? Where is critical opinion? What is a history timeline here? Look out for a new book in the library coming soon http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapaPress/FullCatalogue/Pages/NewZealandFilmAnIllustratedHistory.aspx

- New Technologies that have enhanced New Zealand filmmakers careers: Digital, CGI, steadicam,the shift from chemicals and film stocks in laboratories to digital PARK-ROAD POST. THE POST-PRODUCTION FACILITY OF WETA WORKSHOP,MIRIMAR. NEW ZEALAND

LEON NARBEY :CINEMATOGRAPHER

http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/leon-narbey

ALUN BOLLINGER: CINEMATOGRAPHER

http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/alun-bollinger/biography

Have New Zealanders been influenced by wider artistic movements or social change? Look at examples of films on racism or realism or on themes that are dealt with within democracies look at reactions towards and copy catting of HOLLYWOOD. LIGHTING DESIGN:STRATA CREATIVE

http://www.stratacreative.co.nz/lighting-design.html

Audio files introduction: go to transfers. file> go to> monet> resources read linkS:

NZ Film Studies Audience as Sociology New Zealand Producers New Zealand Directors The expatriots Audience appeal Audiences TODAY Note the other headings on the left of the web page. Type in a key word or heading in the little box and browse
 * Nz Films

NZ cinema 2010 [] ||

Are documentaries relevant to a study of New Zealand identity?

Peter Weir, below, is of a noted Australian Director. What might he have been saying about My Brilliant Career? Why was My Brilliant Career significant?



Artistic short film. WOODENHEAD by Florian Habitch

** ideas for element 1: 1.1 **

Range: may include but is not limited to - media owners, industry leaders, 1. government/commercial/professional organizations  inspired out of Great Britain in the 1930's recession 2. Treaty of Waitangi, new technologies, western sensibilities, literatures and other cultural forms e.g film genres ( e.g drama, horror) 3. Look at specific Producers ( the owners) 4. Technology, communications and the cinema industry ownership and services

nz film producers 2Examples. Look at the influence of John Barnett upon emerging director's Niki Caro and Rachel Liang

http://www.myweddingandothersecretsmovie.com/ Produced by John Barnett
 * [[image:boy_3.jpg]] || [[image:MY_wedding.jpg caption="MY_wedding.jpg" link="NZ Directors"]]
 * //My Wedding and Other Secrets.//** Directed by Rachel Liang

Produced by Cliff Curtis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Curtis

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// TASK ONE. //

//The film archive//

//http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/// **Screen Directors Guild**

**About SDGNZ** The Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand (SDGNZ) represents New Zealand directors and editors. The Guild creates a forum where creative’s can define, defend and further their professional industry. The SDGNZ is dedicated to the artistic excellence, employment opportunities and economic wellbeing of its members. __[|www.sdgnz.co.nz]__ **About the DGA** The Directors Guild of America was founded in 1936 to protect the economic and creative rights of directors. Over the years its membership has expanded to include the directorial team - Unit Production Managers, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors, Stage Managers, and Production Associates. Today, the DGA represents 14,500 members who live and work all over the world and in all genres of entertainment. __[|www.dga.org]__

// See SPADA //

//individual pioneers: John O'Shea"father on NZ cinema", John Barnett- CEO South Pacific Pictures //

The creatives:

//- poetic sensibility- Jane Campion, Vincent Ward, Taika Waititi - //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- International Directors who influenced early New Zealand Directors:John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Werner Herzog. Stanley Kubrick. Look these people up. //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The lists below are all speculative of influences. It was discussed in class that an influence may be // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">almost by osmosis. Otherwise, a biographer may lend a quote about a creative who speaks of influence. //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Essentially, western educated people with english as a first language shall have looked to: //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> - classical cinema i.e HOLLYWOOD // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> - popular culture // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> - neo-realism( Italy after the war) // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> - The American Independents // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> - European cinema //

//For commercial cinema, at least, the discussion surrounds "story telling" Who is telling stories?//

//The obvious first influence upon New Zealanders is American cinema. American cinema is aggressively distributed.//

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> Where do influences for creative inspiration come from for directors? //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> Speculate the possibility of influence.This is influence of cultural idea. //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;">There may, otherwise, be biographical or autobiographical instances for some directors/producers: //

//<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">the internet as ubiquitous - facts/fad/phenomena/social media // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - maoritanga // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - Feminism,Marxism,communism or globalism // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - Western Cinema. See the list of influences headings above ( Think about Western cinema influences e.g Art films from Europe and the USA) // // - Genres e.g. 1. the spagetti westerns appear to have influenced Geoff Murphy's Utu // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 19px;">e.g 2. the ROAD MOVIE // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 19px;"> EasyRider appears to have influences. see Goodbye Porkpie //

//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Murphy// //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - philosophies of cinema form // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - the cinema of formalism,the first, second, third of fourth cinema. e.g Barry Barclay talks of indigenous // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - cinema as fourth cinema. // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - loved literatures well adapted // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;">(1) // //http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Among-Cinders.php// //(2)// //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Father's_Den// //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - New Technologies: Digital, CGI // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 19px;"> - Oscars fame. // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The lists below are all speculative of influences. It was discussed in class that an influence may be // //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">almost by osmosis. Otherwise, a biographer may lend a quote about a creative who speaks of influence. //

//For commercial cinema, at least, the discussion surrounds "story telling" Who is telling stories?//

//The obvious first influence upon New Zealanders is American cinema as American Cinema was aggressively distributed.// research areas:



// Set the study of the chosen medium in a wider historical and social context. //

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_New_Zealand Read about world cinema trends
 * possible topics: **
 * a ) - colonial cinema **
 * b) cultures of cinema **
 * FOURTH CINEMA. INDIGENOUS CINEMA. -Ngati( 1986) Barry Barcley and Mauri ( 1994) Mereta Mita) **


 * c) - multi- cultural growth in New Zealand has led to emerging cinema from Samoan born New Zealanders and German born New Zealanders. **

// What stories are NZ filmmakers telling? Do they use film form like directors of other countries ? // // i.e the feature narrative, the documentary the genre specific film the art film // //Peter Weir ( Australia) talks at the Baftas,2011. An image of// **My Brilliant Career//** in the background

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Brilliant_Career

What is a film that takes on cultural relevance e.g as a milestone? Why? Times e.g war times

genres e.g Road Movie, psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi

** See: (1) No 2 ** ** (2) Siones Wedding. (3) Broken English. A central European story of tradition and conflict. A father a daughter story. **
 * <span style="color: #da4e51; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">Sample. Small films. No 2 **


 * No 2 (Number Two) official movie site

www.timeout.com/film/news/848/ ** c) - film directors here have made some adaptations of novels by New Zealand writers. See In My Fathers Den adapted from a novel by Maurice See. See Florian Habitch **
 * A lead Fijian actress plays Samoan grandma in No 2 **

** d- original ideas from directors include such films as: The Piano, Perfect Stranger, Milk, The World's Fastest Indian **

Useful links

http://www.filmnz.com/introducing-nz/film-industry-history.html It is recommended that students trace films that have been exhibited at International Film Festivals e.g Sundance <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif;">Berlin http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Project_on_changing_trends_in_Cinema_in_20th_Century http://madeinatlantis.com/popular_culture/suburban/cinema_heroes_families.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_05_012350.html

wider historical and social context

e.g Three New Zealand documentaries. What triggers the makign of these films? What are wider debates and topics?

Punative Damage, made by Annie Goldson who had studies international political events The Art Star & the Sudanese Twins. the director looked into international adoption //Home by Christmas//. Gaylene Preston made a representation of her father's Word War 11 experience. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601195/

**useful links**

http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2010/oscars

http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html

http://www.betanews.com/article/Bluray-could-be-Blockbusters-bailout/1236366562

www.timeout.com/film/news/848/

**Books School library**

__ **Selling the New Zealand Film by Lyndsay Shelton** __ __ **Thirty Years of New Zealand Film** __ **__A Coming of Age__. Petrie and Stuart** **A film encylopedia** A new book by Vincent Ward

<span style="background-color: #e7ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">**Books**


 * Classroom texts**

__Jane Campion Interviews__. Ed Virginia Wexman. University Press of Mississippi

__DEADLINE__ Pat Booth In 1973 I promised Arthur Thomas I would take him home a freeman (p 159)

__New Zealand Film__ 1912 -1996 __ 10 NZ Cinematographers __ __The Edge of the Earth__. Vincent Ward Book 2 by Vincent Ward is also in the college library __FILM IN AOTEAROA__ . Denis & Bieringer

Magazines and periodicals ( paper) NZ Film Commission Annual Report NZ Film Festival booklets Film Archive Booklets On Film articles

//**College library**// 30 Years of Coming of Age. Petrie & Stuart Selling the New Zealand film New Zealand Film. An Illustrated History.

film section on the left film reference section on the right

**electronic** David Bordwell's blog http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=3592 **International movie data base** imdb http://newmedia-senior.wikispaces.com/NZ+Film+Studies

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