Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

AfroAM: A Virtual Film Production Group

Taylor, Bill, Jr.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-4257
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1643646899988687

Abstract Details

2022, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Because of the gatekeeping practices of the Hollywood film industry, and the high cost of both filmmaking and distribution in general, Afro-American filmmakers have struggled to produce films with “global reach.” This study visits the possibility of Afro-American filmmakers using alternative technologies and infrastructures to produce high-quality films, thereby bypassing the high cost and exclusionary practices of Hollywood studios. Using new 21st-century digital technology, this study involved the creation of a small geographically dispersed virtual film production team. The study’s foundational framework was a constructivist qualitative research paradigm, using Action Research, and supported by 24 months of triangulated data from field notes and a Likert-type end-of-study survey, both of which were then addressed in an end-of- research online group discussion using the Zoom platform. The research question was, What are the most effective leadership and team-building practices/processes for creating a virtual geographically dispersed Afro-American film production team, with the intent of producing digital films, using new digital technology, social media, and the default global infrastructure of the Internet? The major conclusion of the study was that it is possible for a small virtual team to produce broadcast quality digital film using only consumer-level computers and cameras, audio and lighting equipment, and readily available software. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA (https://aura.antioch.edu) and OhioLINK ETD Center (https://etd.ohiolink.edu).
Jon Wergin, PhD (Committee Chair)
Philomena Essed, PhD (Committee Member)
Christine Acham, PhD (Committee Member)
222 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; American History; Black History; Black Studies; Cinematography; Communication; Film Studies; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Motion Pictures; Multimedia Communications; Systems Design; Technology; Web Studies
action research; Afro-American/Black filmmaking; virtual teams; Hollywood; digital technology; racism; Foster Photoplay; leadership

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Taylor, Jr., B. (2022). AfroAM: A Virtual Film Production Group [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1643646899988687

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Taylor, Jr., Bill. AfroAM: A Virtual Film Production Group. 2022. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1643646899988687.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Taylor, Jr., Bill. "AfroAM: A Virtual Film Production Group." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1643646899988687

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

antioch1643646899988687
319
© 2022, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by Antioch University and OhioLINK.