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Filmmaking As Self-Expression – Investigating Different Social and Cultural Influences on Saudi Cinematic-Arts Students’ Productions

Year 2025, Issue: 9, 67 - 77, 25.09.2025
https://doi.org/10.62425/at.1669877

Abstract

The main conclusions of a research project on the use of filmmaking for young people's communication and self-expression are compiled in this research paper. The researcher is a professor of filmmaking at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, and the research was carried out at the Cinematic Arts department of the Faculty of Architecture and Design. The researcher taught 21 young Saudi students from various socioeconomic backgrounds how to make short films during a level-3 film production course that took place over one academic semester. The students worked in groups to design, shoot and edit eight short films covering various topics. A sample of 17 teenagers representing the students in other academic levels were then shown the investigated film productions. After watching the films, the audiences' feedback and reactions to each production were observed and analyzed. The young filmmakers were exposed afterwards to the remarks left by the audiences, and their responses were also examined and analyzed. The study managed to show the impact of different social and cultural factors on Saudi cinematic-arts students’ film productions, and eventually a group of valuable recommendations related to the investigated research topic were generated.

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Film Yapımı Kendini İfade Etme Biçimi Olarak – Suudi Sinema Sanatları Öğrencilerinin Yapımları Üzerindeki Farklı Sosyal ve Kültürel Etkilerin Araştırılması

Year 2025, Issue: 9, 67 - 77, 25.09.2025
https://doi.org/10.62425/at.1669877

Abstract

Gençlerin iletişimi ve kendini ifade etmesi için film yapımcılığının kullanımı üzerine bir araştırma projesinin temel sonuçları bu araştırma makalesinde derlenmiştir. Araştırmacı, Suudi Arabistan'daki Effat Üniversitesi'nde film yapımcılığı profesörüdür ve araştırma Mimarlık ve Tasarım Fakültesi'nin Sinematik Sanatlar bölümünde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmacı, bir akademik yarıyıl boyunca gerçekleşen seviye 3 film yapım kursu sırasında çeşitli sosyoekonomik geçmişlere sahip 21 genç Suudi öğrenciye kısa film yapmayı öğretti. Öğrenciler, çeşitli konuları kapsayan sekiz kısa filmi tasarlamak, çekmek ve düzenlemek için gruplar halinde çalıştılar. Daha sonra, diğer akademik seviyelerdeki öğrencileri temsil eden 17 gençten oluşan bir gruba araştırılan film yapımları gösterildi. Filmler izlendikten sonra, izleyicilerin her bir yapımla ilgili geri bildirimleri ve tepkileri gözlemlendi ve analiz edildi. Genç film yapımcıları daha sonra izleyicilerin bıraktığı yorumlara maruz bırakıldı ve onların yanıtları da incelendi ve analiz edildi. Çalışma, farklı sosyal ve kültürel faktörlerin Suudi sinematik-sanat öğrencilerinin film yapımları üzerindeki etkisini göstermeyi başardı ve sonunda araştırılan araştırma konusuyla ilgili bir grup değerli öneri oluşturuldu.

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  • Buckingham, D. (1993). Children talking television: The making of television literacy. Falmer.
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  • Buckingham, D. (2000). After the death of childhood. Growing up in the age of electronic media. Polity.
  • Buckingham, D., Grahame, J., & Sefton-Green, J. (1995). Making media: Practical production in media education. English and media centre.
  • Buckingham, D., & Sefton-Green, J. (1994). Cultural studies goes to school. Taylor and Francis.
  • Bulman, J. (2017). Children’s reading of film and visual literacy in the primary curriculum: A progression framework model. Palgrave macmillan.
  • Dehart, J. (2022). Enhancing education through multidisciplinary film teaching methodologies. IGI global scientific publishing.
  • Featherstone, M. (2013). Undoing culture, globalization, postmodernism and identity. Sage.
  • Fisherkeller, J. (2002). Growing up with television: Everyday learning among young adolescents. Temple university press.
  • Fisherkeller, J., Butler, A., & Zaslow, E. (2000). What are you trying to say? New York city adolescents interpret audio-visual media created by youth in other cultures. Report to the international team of video culture. Institute of education at Ludwigsburg.
  • Illich, I. (2021). Tools for conviviality. 2nd edition. Fontana.
  • Lamb, G. (2003). Video culture in Los Angeles. Video culture, video und inter-culture communication. Niesyto, H. München (ed.). K- verlag.
  • Messaris, P. (1995). Visual literacy. Westview.
  • Niesyto, H. (2001). Youth research on video self-productions in reflections on a social-aesthetic approach. Visual sociology, (15), 135–53.
  • Tally, B., & Kornblum, W. (1997). Student videos go to school: How youth produced documentaries are used in six New York city high schools. A report to the educational video center. Center for urban research, City university of New York graduate center.
  • Zaslow, E., & Butler, A. (2002). That it was made by people our age is better: Exploring the role of media literacy in transcultural communication. Journal of popular film and television. (30), 31–40.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Photography, Video and Lens-Based Practice
Journal Section Review Articles
Authors

Mustafa Yousry 0000-0001-5004-0666

Publication Date September 25, 2025
Submission Date April 4, 2025
Acceptance Date September 11, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Issue: 9

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APA Yousry, M. (2025). Filmmaking As Self-Expression – Investigating Different Social and Cultural Influences on Saudi Cinematic-Arts Students’ Productions. Art Time(9), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.62425/at.1669877