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"we Will Fix It in Post", but How Will We Fix Post? Digital Post Labor Processes in Turkey's Film Industry
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018) Duman, Oya Aytimur; Behlil, Melis; Behlil, Melis
Digital cinema has been one of the most groundbreaking technological innovations since the invention of cinema and has been a remarkable area of study with the multifaceted alterations it has led to in film theories and filmmaking practices. While many studies on digital cinema cover the benefits brought in, it is also significant to investigate the implications of a tremendous technological change on the labor processes as an important feature in filmmaking. This thesis inquires the changing working conditions of post production workers in Turkey's film industry, looking deeply into the influences of transition from digital intermediate post process to entirely digital cinema system. In order to comprehend the effects of the mentioned transition, the thesis relies on a theoretical framework of production studies and political economy approaches; while the research has been supported by means of empirical inquiry consisting of the expressions of post production professionals about their experiences and opinions. The aim of the thesis is to fill a gap in the literature about Turkey's film industry, by drawing attention to the labor processes in post production revealing its connection with the misuse of the opportunities digital cinema system enables within a capitalist industrial pattern.