Reading Australian Film

Australia, 1988

Film
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This is a film about how to watch films. The reason for making a film is to tell a story by using vision and sound. The finished version often taps into experiences we ourselves have had in real life. But film is not reality… it is a constructed medium which conveys messages of fact, fiction and emotion.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Lane

production company

Deakin University

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302178

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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