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- Title
ANTHOLOGY FILM. THE FUTURE IS NOW: FILM PRODUCER AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR.
- Authors
DESHPANDE, SHEKHAR
- Abstract
Anthology film is a collection of multiple short films, each conceived and directed by a separate director while all of them are commissioned around a central theme. Producers of such anthology films may supervise multiple production teams, each with its own unit and a producer. Anthology films have become quite prominent over the past two decades, particularly in Europe. The focus of this study is to examine the role of the producer of anthology film is distinct and breaks new ground in filmmaking. It is a step to bring the study of anthology film in academic film studies. This article presents four areas in that define their role as producers of anthology films and make them distinctive in the production process: their common vision for all films, role as creative directors, editors of the collection and as advocates of short film as part of the collective process. These roles are elaborated through a close study of their practices and interviews/conversations with producers. Finally, the approach to production developed by producer Emmanuel Benbihy pushes the threshold in conceptualizing these as seamless narratives where the producer determines the sequencing of short films and allows each film to be a part of the collective in the most innovative process.
- Subjects
ANTHOLOGY films; FILMMAKERS; CREATIVE directors; FILMMAKING; BENBIHY, Emmanuel
- Publication
Wide Screen, 2010, Vol 2, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1757-3920
- Publication type
Article