Drawing on footage shot for the upcoming documentary Children of The Wicker Man, this talk will consider the ways in which audiences and fans of the film have spent the past fifty years trying to understand every aspect of how this remarkable film came into being.
In this talk, we turn to two well-known and well-loved genres – horror and war films – to explore the dichotomy of pain and pleasure.
Drawing on examples of film, gaming, installation art, fonts and video essay work, this session will be an introduction to the significance of story and digital media as an interactive art form.
We’ll begin our talk first by contextualising the state-sponsored censorship of Iranian cinema: what are its rules and regulations? What kinds of constraints do filmmakers face? From there, we discuss how filmmakers have turned to visuals, symbols, and signs to bring their message and stories to the screen.
