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Cinema and authenticity: Anxieties in the making of historical film (2016)
Journal Article
Lees, D. (2016). Cinema and authenticity: Anxieties in the making of historical film. Journal of Media Practice, 17(2-3), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682753.2016.1248190

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The practice of representing history on film brings the filmmaker into collision with a cluster of concerns around the authentic. While recent articles have considered the historical doc... Read More about Cinema and authenticity: Anxieties in the making of historical film.

Practice as research in the making of historical film drama (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Lees, D. (2016, June). Practice as research in the making of historical film drama. Paper presented at ‘Out of Practice’ Conference, University of Birmingham

This paper focusses on the practice of costume design, and the role of costume in the semiotics of historical drama. Addressing the issue as a filmmaker and scholar, I investigate the clothes that the actors wear and how their significance impacts i... Read More about Practice as research in the making of historical film drama.