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4. Conclusions

I’m not really interested in ‘recording for posterity.’ That’s an incidental, or accidental value or interest that any of my films might have (not what I’m making it for). I make my films for audiences who are there at the time – for a response at the time.1 On The Idea of Permanence In my [...]

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2.1 Notes On Research Methods

My research began in earnest during a work placement at the Scottish Film And Television Archive during April and May 2002. Prior to this, in November 2002, I had been to the British Artist’s Film & Video Collection (BAFVC) at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design to go through their Margaret Tait files. [...]

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1.2 Calypso

While I intend to continue discussing the life and work of Margaret Tait, from hereon in I shall do so with reference to the hand-painted and hand-drawn films she produced throughout her career as a filmmaker.1 These films are: Calypso (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, 4:29, 1955) John MacFadyen (The Stripes in The Tartan) (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, [...]

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Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait An MA Dissertation by Joss Winn, 2002

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4. Conclusions

2.1 Notes On Research Methods

1.2 Calypso

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