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diversity and inclusion, environmental sustainability in our sector is not just on-screen (the stories we choose to tell) but also off-screen. Green practices can be integrated in the workflow not only of any film production, but also in the organisation of festivals.
Author: Margret Albers
Diversity and Inclusion
Cinema, television and VOD industries play a crucial role in increasing diversity and promoting inclusion, but we’ve got still a long way to go. The IRIS Plus report Diversity and inclusion in the European audiovisual sector (2021) is a valuable and up-to-date source for getting a sense of the current situation in these fields in Europe.
Reaching Young Audiences – Update
The research project Reaching Young Audiences: Serial Fiction and Cross-Media Storyworlds for Children and Young Audiences (RYA) combines production and audience analysis when studying the current production and reception of film, TV and online fiction for children and young audiences. The project is based at the University of Copenhagen (with Associate Professor Eva Novrup Redvall as Project Leader) and runs from 2019–2024 (supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark).
Let’s go to the Opera!
The selected example comes from an artistic form, which seems pretty far from everyday interest of a young audience and difficult to comprehend – the world of opera.
The structure of tailor-made formats for different target groups including innovative and inclusive didactic methodology, strong community support but also national coverage, inclusion of audience in participative opera and the work of musical preparation – all these elements makes the work of AsLiCo team from Como one of the most inspiring examples of audience development work!
Audience Development
Although there are a number of tools and guides on how to build an audience development plan, this Guide represents the most comprehensive set of tips. Based on field examples, it takes into account the fact that each cultural organization can find its own path of including the audience at the heart of their activity and its own balance between audience and artistic objectives. Proposed steps in necessary organizational changes that embrace the audience within the organization’s mission, are clearly described, feasible and represent a game changing element for those organizations who are open to this shift.
Study on Audience Development: How to place audiences at the centre of cultural organisations
Perspectives: A dialogue upon the question of value in film education
Speaking from two different perspectives, Alan Bernstein and Andrew Burn explore in “Perspectives: A dialogue upon the question of value in film education” published in Film Education Journal 2019 the role of value in film education, and film culture more widely. Their dialogue shows some common starting points but then different views (the first more related to practice, the second recognising the importance of theory). It may serve as inspiration both for film educators and other film professionals and practitioners as well, called upon to reflect on what constitutes the value of the films they make or propose.
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