Author: Feinstein, Peter

Publication Year: 1976

Media Type: Report

Summary:

The following report was written primarily for the individual who is faced with questions or decisions involving film. Administrators in the educational system, corporate executives, foundation directors, and lawmakers have had no ready interpretation of the workings of the independent film community.

Abstract:

The following report was written primarily for the individual who is faced with questions or decisions involving film. Administrators in the educational system, corporate executives, foundation directors, and lawmakers have had no ready interpretation of the workings of the independent film community.

It is hoped that the material gathered in this document will also be of interest to individuals who are either now working in some aspect of film and wish an overview, or who are considering careers as filmmakers.

The original impetus for this report came from a three-day meeting at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Palz, New York, of some 30 representatives of film centers throughout the .

In the spring of 1976, the committee selected one of its members, Peter Feinstein, to prepare a final document incorporating the concerns and approaches of the preliminary report with the views expressed in the correspondence and at the regional meetings. It was at this point that the decision was made to focus on independent film. To accomplish this, much of the material in the preliminary report was restructured to include the multiplicity of views of the general independent film community.

The film community in the now ranges from the corporate organizations that produce the feature films shown in commercial theatres to the unrecognized, student filmmaker who has an audience of a few friends. Between the two extremes are documentary, industrial, avantgarde, anthropological, narrative, educational filmmakers, and a host of others. The primary and perhaps only commonality is that all use motion picture film to record moving images - a bond no greater (yet no less) than that among those who use printed words on paper as their chosen medium. (p. 1)

CONTENTS
Preface.
Introduction.
The filmmaker.
Distribution.
Funding.
Nontheatrical exhibition.
Preservation.
Film study.
Conclusions and recommendations.
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.

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