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There is an undeniably large amount of labour involved in the film industry, from the actors, to the screen directors, to the prop makers. Creative labour is behind every creative industry, it is the risks, the work and the managing that goes before the product. This last blog on geographies of the creative economy, maintainingContinue reading “The Creative Geographies of Labour”

One of the beauties of art, is its ability to send a message through the most creative of ways. In this blog particularly, we will focus on how activism has been displayed through the creative industries. OKJA, a film produced and released on Netflix in 2017, is a representation of how creativity can be usedContinue reading “The creative Geographies of activism; Okja”

When we picture the place of film within the creative industry, we most commonly imagine Hollywood, it encapsulates the idea of place and film through its image, being known most prevalently for its film industry. Film is without a doubt linked within the creative industries, by using the example of a place of film (Hollywood)Continue reading “Creative Geographies and economies of place”

Header image: Bill Douglas 1972, (The Scotsman, 2011) Within Exeter University’s Streatham campus, lays a hidden gem that many are unaware of. The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (BDCM) is both a public museum and an academic research facility, providing resources for students within, and outside of the campus (Bdcmuseum.org.uk, 2020). A British filmmaker of theContinue reading “Geographies of the creative past”