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On the Use of Intermediary Images in Egyptian Film Production

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ID7200293
AuthorsChihab El Khachab (0000-0002-4113-1424, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume32
Issue2
Pages167-179
Publication date2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/var.12108
OpenAlexW2550683891
LanguageEN
References cited24

This article examines the use of intermediary images in the process of commercial film production in Egypt. Without being integrally part of the film product, intermediary images play a vital role in mediating interactions in the production process by anchoring the filmmakers’ multiple and sometimes conflicting representations of “the film” in visual proxies. Focusing on scouting work in two recent Egyptian films, Décor (2014) and Poisonous Roses (in postproduction), I draw attention to the way in which intermediary images allow filmmakers to imagine some aspects of the film‐in‐the‐making while mitigating their mutual misunderstandings

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