italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
RESEARCHING FILM PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES
A workshop for postgraduates
BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN
Friday 8 December 2017, 2.00 - 5.30pm
This workshop, aimed at postgraduate students, is organised under the auspices of the AHRC project 'Producers and Production Practices in the History of Italian Cinema, 1949-1975' and is designed to discuss methods, issues, resources and approaches to the study of film producers.
Places are limited so, if you would like to come, please email Stephen Gundle ([log in to unmask]) to reserve yours.Priority will be given to current postgraduates.
PROGRAMME
2.00 - 2.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
2.15 - 2.45 'Production Studies as a Field of Inquiry: Sources/Methods/Approaches' (Philip Drake, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh)
2.45 - 3.15 'Researching French Film Production at the Time of the New Wave: Treasures and Challenges of the Claude Autant-Lara Archives (Ginette Vincendeau, KCL)
3.15 - 3.45 'Movie Promotion as Production History: Where to Find and How to Work with Pressbooks, Advertising and Other Ephemera' (Karl Schoonover, Warwick)
3.45 - 4.00 break
4.00 - 4.30 'The Italian Genre Factory: How Penniless Film Producers Made Films' (Stefano Baschiera, Queens University Belfast)
4.30 - 5.00 'Before and After the Weinstein Affair: Thinking About the Public and Private Lives of Producers' (Stephen Gundle, Warwick)
5.00- 5.30 Discussion and Conclusions