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Improvisation as a research methodology: Exploring links between filmmakers’ practice and traditions of enquiry across the academy

Lees, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3787-3740 (2019) Improvisation as a research methodology: Exploring links between filmmakers’ practice and traditions of enquiry across the academy. Media Practice and Education, 20 (2). pp. 134-146. ISSN 2574-1136

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1080/25741136.2019.1605675

Abstract/Summary

This article concentrates on one form of creative practice, improvisation, considering how it has been used as an experimental method within filmmaking as well as in research enquiry. Drawing on my professional experience in the field of narrative fiction filmmaking, as well as interviews with film professionals, I show how a close examination of improvising processes opens up illuminating points of comparison with research methodologies across the academy. This article is an interdisciplinary review, drawing together ideas about improvisation beyond film, looking broadly across the creative arts and most pointedly, drawing an unexpected link between practice research in film and the traditions of laboratory research methodologies within Social Psychology.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:No Reading authors. Back catalogue items
Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
ID Code:100691
Uncontrolled Keywords:Improvisation; research methodology; practice research; The Stanford Prison Experiment; Performance-Centred Mode
Publisher:Routledge

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