Description With the advent of digital filmmaking and critical recognition of the relevance of self expression, first-person narratives, and personal practices of memorialization, interest in the Amateur moving image has never been stronger.
He has written on, and researched, the relationship between the Abbey Theatre and cinema from the beginning of the sound period until the 1960s, something he explores in his monograph Ireland\'s Theatre on Film: Style, Stories and the National Stage on Screen (2009)..
Barry Monahan is Lecturer in Film Studies at University College, Cork, Ireland.
She has also contributed to radio programmes on the national broadcaster, Radio Telef s ireann, and local radio.
Her work has appeared in a variety of national and international journals, including Sight and Sound
Popular Culture Review
Film/Film Culture
Film Ireland
Journal of Irish Association for American Studies.
Gwenda Young is Lecturer in Film Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.
She is co-Chair of the Board of Film Studies and coordinates the MA in Film Studies.
She lectures on Italian film and television in the Department of Italian and on European cinema in the School of Languages and Literature.
About the author Laura Rascaroli is Toyota Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.
With contributions on the role of the archive, on You Tube, and on the impact of new technologies on Amateur filmmaking, these essays offer the first comprehensive examination of this growing field.
Bringing together key scholars in the field, and revealing the rich variety of Amateur filmmaking--from Home movies of Imperial India and film diaries of life in contemporary China, to the work of leading auteurs such as Joseph Morder and P ter Forg cs--Amateur Filmmaking highlights the importance of Amateur cinema as a core object of critical interest across an array of disciplines.
Description With the advent of digital filmmaking and critical recognition of the relevance of self expression, first-person narratives, and personal practices of memorialization, interest in the Amateur moving image has never been stronger
