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Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. (2015)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2015). Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. In C. Atton (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media (268-277). Routledge

Scotland is a small, stateless nation whose mainstream media and national cinema have generally been positioned by media scholars as constituting an alternative to the UK’s metropolitan mainstream. Consequently the specificity of alternative practic... Read More about Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation..

Radical and Engaged Cinema in Scotland. (2014)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2014). Radical and Engaged Cinema in Scotland. In Directory of World Cinema Scotland. Intellect

A short history of radical and engaged films and filmmakers in Scotland from 1917 to the present.

Scottish cinema – myth and reality from Hollywood to Holyrood. (2012)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2012). Scottish cinema – myth and reality from Hollywood to Holyrood. In E. Bell, & N. Mitchell (Eds.), Directory of World Cinema: Britain. Intellect ltd

Introductory essay on Scottish Cinema for Scotland section of Directory of World Cinema: Britain

Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore (2011)
Journal Article
MacPherson, R. (2011). Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore. Culture360,

Analysis of the experience of some smaller European countries’ box-office data together with that of one South Asian country suggests that, despite significantly different levels of production, the distribution of ‘hits’ is in fact very similar and c... Read More about Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore.

Producing creative producers. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
MacPherson, R. (2010). Producing creative producers. In Film Education: Traditions and Innovations (46-52)

In most if not all national contexts the work of the ‘creative producer’ is essential to both the art and business of filmmaking. Yet the creative producer’s role is perhaps the hardest, if not impossible, to properly reproduce in the film school co... Read More about Producing creative producers..

Is bigger better? Film success in small countries – the case of Scotland, Ireland and Denmark. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
MacPherson, R. (2010). Is bigger better? Film success in small countries – the case of Scotland, Ireland and Denmark.

Small European countries with low levels of film production might be expected to suffer from diseconomies of scale and other structural disadvantages that would tend to produce a lower ratio of ‘hits’ to ‘flops’ than larger countries. Analysis of Sc... Read More about Is bigger better? Film success in small countries – the case of Scotland, Ireland and Denmark..

Shape-Shifters: independent producers in Scotland and the journey from cultural entrepreneur to entrepreneurial culture (2009)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2009). Shape-Shifters: independent producers in Scotland and the journey from cultural entrepreneur to entrepreneurial culture. In J. Murray, F. Farley, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Scottish Cinema Now (222-239). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This essay examines the changing composition and relationship to public policy of the independent film and television sector in Scotland since the early 1980s. It looks in particular at Scottish film and television producers' problematic engagement... Read More about Shape-Shifters: independent producers in Scotland and the journey from cultural entrepreneur to entrepreneurial culture.

Rebel frontier. (2004)
Digital Artefact
MacPherson, R., & Bell, D. (2004). Rebel frontier

Rebel Frontier (65/52 mins) is an anti-war film set in the US which sees America’s immigrant communities up against the national security state. The war in question is the First World War and the anti-war protesters the Irish and Finnish miners of Bu... Read More about Rebel frontier..