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Alternative Practices in Film and Broadcasting - What do you understand by the concept of 'Independence'? Discuss.
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Maurice Stewart Alternative Practices in Film and Broadcasting What do you understand by the concept of 'Independence'? Discuss. Independence is a word that has had many different meanings over the years, and has held significance with many different movements of history. One thing that hasn't changed however is the inability to clarify the term succinctly and simply. This is because independence is such a complicated concept, that there is a strong argument that it doesn't even exist. This argument becomes stronger once independence is put within the context of film and broadcasting. "Film-making, both capital - and labour-intensive is the most dependent art form" James Snead, quoted in Gill Branston & Roy Stafford, The Media Student's Book, (London: Routledge, 1996) The periods of Film history most recognised as being independent are; post-war to cold war period amongst Russia, Czechoslovakia, as well as other Eastern bloc countries such as Hungary and Romania, 1960's America and the Dogme 95...
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