Dream workers: A filmmaking journey during the pandemic (Video Essay)

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dc.contributor.authorFontini, Pinaren
dc.contributor.editorBrett, Oliveren
dc.contributor.editorHarries, Rhiannonen
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-01T14:21:11Z
dc.date.available2026-09-01T14:21:11Z
dc.date.issued2026-09-04en
dc.description.abstractIn February 2020, just before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, I started the production stage of my documentary Dream Workers (Pinar Fontini, 2022). This constituted the practical component of my doctoral research. The project was originally envisioned to feature interviews with seven contemporary women filmmakers from Turkey at the Atlas Theatre (an old cinematheque in Istanbul) alongside travel across the country to visit key locations from their respective films. However, the intersection of ongoing cultural politics with the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns necessitated a shift in approach. To adapt to this new reality, cinematographer Nalan Abbasoğlu and I converted my home into a film studio, acquiring equipment such as a projector, smartphones, and a gimbal, and experimenting with Filmic Pro, a 4K video recording application for iOS mobile devices. After extensive testing, we established the optimal setup for lighting and camera placement for the interviews which needed to take place over Skype. While the final documentary Dream Workers explores what it means to be a woman filmmaker within the sociopolitical context of contemporary Turkey, this paper and accompanying video focus on how, confined at home during the pandemic, I developed a feature-length documentary by adopting “instability” as a filmmaking methodology.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationFontini, P. (2026) 'Dream workers: A filmmaking journey during the pandemic (Video Essay)', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 31, pp. 106–111. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.31.09en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/alpha.31.09en
dc.identifier.endpage111en
dc.identifier.issued31
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage106en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19155
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.relation.urihttps://media.heanet.ie/page/4215b25b9ee1457a86dfdc40b3fea05f
dc.rights© 2026, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.titleDream workers: A filmmaking journey during the pandemic (Video Essay)en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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