Edinburgh in FilmSeminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,3 (B), Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (Department of Applied Languages & Interpreting), course: British Culture & Society, language: English, abstract: The following pages form the first part of my essay on Edinburgh in Film. In the first two chapters, two major film institutions which played an important role in the history of film in Edinburgh shall be introduced. Their importance for the development of film will be pointed out clearly. The third chapter will then deal with the question of how Scotland was portrayed and the reasons for that. To answer this question, the main influences on the depiction of Scotland will be described. The third chapter will subsequently end by describing how the Scots themselves wanted to depict their country and culture. In presenting famous films and musicals in the final chapter, dualities of Edinburgh and Scotland and their stimulus for productions in and around Scotland shall be depicted. |
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39 Steps 5.2 Waverley 5.3 Shallow Grave Alex and Juliet Alfred Hitchcock Andrew MacDonald Arthur Freed Brigadoon British character cinema Danny Boyle David Aukin depiction of Scotland directed by Danny duality Edinburgh Film Festival Edinburgh Film Guild EDINBURGH FROM 1935 Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh’s old town Ewan McGregor example fake Scottish film in Edinburgh film-making FILMS IN SCOTLAND flatmate Forsyth Hardy FUTURE OF SCOTTISH Giles Cathedral Glasgow graveyard Greyfriars Bobby Happy Go Lovely Highlands history of film important film important role Leith Madeleine Carroll major films Miss Jean Brodie Montrose Norman Wilson novel picture of Scotland Prime of Miss produced by Andrew Renton Rob Roy Robert Donat romantic SCOTLAND AND EDINBURGH Scotland in Film Scotland was portrayed Scottish culture Scottish film production Scottish landscape Screening Scotland shot situation of Scottish Spud Stevenson story suitcase Tommy Trainspotting typical Edinburgh Waverley Steps Wilson and Forsyth written by John