Practice-based Research for Filmmakers Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice Series

Evaluating the existing position of film as research, Practice-based Research for Filmmakers offers clear guidance and practical advice from the planning and conception of research films to the making, evaluation, dissemination and impact of practice-based research.

This book aspires to serve as a guide for new and current researchers reaching to screen-based media and creative practice. It seeks to explore the scope, definitions, methodologies, and interdisciplinary (and post-disciplinary) nature of film research projects. Author Agata Lulkowska focuses on how to manage potential challenges when artistic creativity meets research requirements, emphasising how finding the middle ground which serves both purposes often require redesigning brand-new methodological approaches. Looking specifically at the publication routes for research films, the book highlights current dissemination practices and raises the question of impact throughout to re-contextualise current publication methodologies for practice-based projects.

This exciting new work provides key reading for graduate students, academics, and filmmakers looking to move into academia.

Introduction 1. What is (Filmmaking-based) Practice Research? 2. How to tame your inner artist: creative practice versus practice research 3. Navigating Interdisciplinary Quagmires 4. How to design effective (and ethical) methodologies? 5. How to balance practice, theory and reflective evaluation? 6. What's next? How to disseminate your filmmaking-based research 7. Whose Impact is it? 8. Conclusion, or building an effective support system Afterword Index

Agata Lulkowska is an interdisciplinary art and practice-based researcher at Staffordshire University, UK. Lulkowska is the head of Film as Research Practice group at Staffordshire University, and her most recent research film, ‘The Voice of Sierra Nevada’ was shortlisted for the prestigious AHRC Research in Film Awards and has won the Excellence Award at Docs Without Borders Film Festival. Lulkowska is the Managing Editor at the International Journal of Creative Media Research and is the co-founder and director of the Communities & Communication International Conference and Festival.