- Title
- Shoestring theory - pragmatism and bricolage in microbudget feature filmmaking
- Creator
- McBratney, Stuart
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- In this exegesis I argue that the filmmakers who have enjoyed the most success in creating ultra-low budget feature films are those who most successfully practice pragmatism and bricolage. I support my argument by analysing several ultra-low budget films to find a common approach, and by cross-referencing my own observations with filmmakers’ production journals, interviews, and writings. To investigate the lived experience of the microbudget feature filmmaker, I wrote, financed, produced, directed, acted in, edited, scored, and mixed such a film myself. My resulting work, Pop-Up, is the embodiment of my tacit knowledge of pragmatism and bricolage, and this exegesis presents my explicit knowledge of the filmmaking experience. This creative work and exegesis is intended to fill a gap in the knowledge of these principles and their practical application. It aims to provide a formal understanding of how the methods and theories of pragmatism and bricolage can be applied to feature film production, particularly where the filmmaker is working with limited means.
- Subject
- design; film; pragmatism; bricolage; filmmaking
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1383702
- Identifier
- uon:31977
- Rights
- Copyright 2018 Stuart McBratney
- Language
- eng
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