Rough Sea at Dover: a genealogy

Rough Sea at Dover: a genealogy

This article looks at the production of the key early film Rough Sea at Dover so that its precise authorship and origin can be determined. Using a close examination of the biographies of the two disputed authors, plus concepts drawn from the Social Construction of Technology, the author is deemed to...

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Published in:Early popular visual culture 2017-01, Vol.15 (1), p.59-82
Main Author: Rossell, Deac
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
authorship
Birt Acres
British cinema
creative process
dramatic arts
Early cinema
film genres
Ludwig Stollwerck
Paul, Robert W
Robert Paul
Rough Sea at Dover
short film
silent film
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Summary:This article looks at the production of the key early film Rough Sea at Dover so that its precise authorship and origin can be determined. Using a close examination of the biographies of the two disputed authors, plus concepts drawn from the Social Construction of Technology, the author is deemed to be the photographer Birt Acres, and his brief association with pioneer Robert W. Paul is seen to be only tangentially influential on Acres's film-making processes in Spring 1895, settling an historical case which has for too long been ambiguous.
ISSN:1746-0654
1746-0662