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[ecrea] First Person Filmmaking and Autobiographical Documentary conference, London Metropolitan University, 24 March 2010

Sat Dec 12 11:28:18 GMT 2009



First Person Filmmaking and Autobiographical Documentary

24 March 2010

One-day conference hosted by the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University Event organised in collaboration with MeCCSA Practice Section and co-funded by MeCCSA.

Venue: Henry Thomas Room, Tower Building, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB

Keynote speakers:
Professor Stella Bruzzi
Patrick Collerton

This conference sets out to explore this terrain with papers from practitioners and theoreticians, examining a spectrum that stretches from feature films like Grizzly Man to autobiographical user generated content, from documentaries by Nick Broomfield and Morgan Spurlock to the webcam videos uploaded on YouTube, the shorts on the BBC?s Video Nation website to C4?s 3 Minute Wonders; from the use of home video in ?autobiographical? films like Tarnation, My Architect and Capturing the Friedmans, to the ratings hit Who Do You Think You Are? and the centrality of the confessional to artists? films and the avant garde.

Registration Fees
Delegates (non-presenting) - £30.00
Students £15.00
Speakers - Free

Lunch, teas and coffees will be provided.

To register please contact (dasslectures /at/ londonmet.ac.uk)


Directions
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/about/tower-building.cfm

Nearest underground stations:
Holloway Road, Piccadilly Line (Tower Building is opposite the station)
Highbury & Islington, Victoria Line and London Overground (5-8 mins walk up Holloway Road)


Download the poster (pdf, 608kb): http://www.meccsa.org.uk/images/events/practice/2010_march_24_londonmet_first-person-filmmaking.pdf

For further information please visit http://www.meccsa.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/first-person-filmmaking-and-autobiographical-documentary

MeCCSA Pratice Section: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/practice-section/

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