Cinema and authenticity: anxieties in the making of historical film

Lees, Dominic (2016) Cinema and authenticity: anxieties in the making of historical film. Journal of Media Practice. ISSN 1468-2753 (Print) 2040-0926 (Online)

Creators:
Lees, Dominic
Description/Abstract:

The practice of representing history on film brings the filmmaker into collision with a cluster of concerns around the authentic. While recent articles have considered the historical documentary and historical dramatisation, I seek to extend the debate into narrative fiction film set in historical periods. In this article, I discuss conflicting conceptions of authenticity. Through my own practice-as-research, I examine the decision-making within the preproduction of a historical drama (my short film, The Burning, 2016) in order to demonstrate the ways in which contradictory concepts of authenticity can coexist within a historical film project.

Item Type:
Article
Date:
27 October 2016
Identification Number:
10.1080/14682753.2016.1248190
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
historical film, authenticity, verisimilitude, memory
Schools:
School of Film, Media & Performing Arts
Depositing User:
Amy Robinson
Date Deposited:
17 Oct 2016 16:44
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:48
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3234

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