All Outputs (24)

Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production (2013)
Thesis
Scott, A. J. Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7245

This thesis provides an ‘insider account’ of the process of making contemporary ‘observational’ documentaries from within the broadcasting industry. Raploch Stories (2002) and Raploch Stories Revisited (2007) are seven television documentary program... Read More about Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production.

Directed by Bill Forsyth 'Local Hero' (1983) (2011)
Book
Manderson, D., & Scott, A. J. (2011). Directed by Bill Forsyth 'Local Hero' (1983). Association of Scottish Literary Studies

This is a study of the feature film 'Local Hero', written and directed by Bill Forsyth, and is one of a series of study guides for secondary school pupils and students in further education.
'Local Hero', released in 1983, is one of the most importan... Read More about Directed by Bill Forsyth 'Local Hero' (1983).

What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry? (2009)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. J. (2009). What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?. In J. Murray, F. Farley, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Scottish Cinema Now (206-221). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This is an essay which examines the role of the UK National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield, in nurturing Scottish film-makers in the period 1970-2005. It looks back at the history of the National Film and Television School and identifies Scots who... Read More about What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?.

The challenges facing freelancers in Scottish Film and TV: an analysis of 45 years of data from the Film Bang directory 1976-2020
Preprint / Working Paper
Scott, A., & Davidson, N. The challenges facing freelancers in Scottish Film and TV: an analysis of 45 years of data from the Film Bang directory 1976-2020. London

This Discussion Paper investigates freelance working in the Scottish film and television sector. The Industrial Strategy and the Bazalgette Report into the Creative Industries (2017) have identified the need to support the development of creative clu... Read More about The challenges facing freelancers in Scottish Film and TV: an analysis of 45 years of data from the Film Bang directory 1976-2020.