ARI Working Paper Series
WPS 55 Nomadic Trajectories: Mapping Short Film Production in Singapore
Author | : | Sophia Siddique HARVEY |
Publication Date | : | Jan / 2006 |
Publisher | : | Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore |
Keywords | : | Short Film, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Merantau, Urbanisms, 9:30, Singapore Gaga |
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The short film form in Southeast Asia is a potent form of cultural production and one that contributes compellingly to the development and continued growth of the region’s moving image culture. This essay provides a preliminary theoretical framework within which to map the intricacies of the short film within Southeast Asia and offers a case study of short film production in Singapore. The essay grapples with the polymorphous and itinerant qualities of the production, distribution, and / or exhibition of short films through the concepts of modes of production, object, text, and / or trace. It identifies and examines two key traces in contemporary Singapore film production: merantau and motley urbanisms.