The recent development of South African short film making

[摘要] South Africa’s film industry presently has huge, unrealised potential for growth.Currently one of the most vibrant sectors of the local industry is short filmmaking.This research’s main contention is that, for a number of reasons theshort form is the most viable form for film-making development to take. The shortfilm’s value as a training tool and essential building block for local film-making isscrutinized. To this end the research incorporates a content and form analysis ofselected short films, with special reference made to the modes and economicconditions of production that affect the film industry. To conclude, I take theposition that film-making, as a form of artistic and cultural dialogue, hastremendous possibilities for the development of a national identity, the creationand perpetuation of local myths and the fostering of social cohesion. For thesereasons the short form is worthy of more concerted institutional support.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand