David J Glover

Film

  • Writing
  • My Movies
  • Filmography

I realized I had a strong allurement to filmatic imagery in 1994 after attending a lecture on semiotics. Since then I have become increasingly fascinated by the use of symbolism and semiotics in film and the power of juxtaposition inherent in montage techniques. I enrolled in a number of film classes while at grad school, these classes contextualized my intellectual admiration for the moving image while allowing me to explore film as both an aesthetic and as a medium of communication within my theatrical work. I have written several papers on film and lecture on semiotics in Withnail and I, Platoon and The Last Temptation of Christ.



My interest in film strongly influences my approach to playwrighting and directing. The more I work with film the more I think in film and the more my writing and theatrical works are shaped by the differences, the idiosyncrasies and the aesthetic challenges between the mediums. If pressed I will admit that my interest is not in making theater or film but in creating work that lives somewhere in the absence that lies between. If really pressed I will admit that the exploration of that absence is better served through film. I explored documentary film and New Media techniques when documenting WordBRIDGE and providing advertising content for RBIhornell.com. I am proficient with both AVID and Final Cut Pro and also with Final Draft8.

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I have been making documentary and short films since 2005. In that time I have worked on over 30 productions and proudly served a production research internship with National Geographic Television in Washington D.C.
My research interests include the representation of truth and power in documentary film making.
I enjoy producing and directing and have developed a Zen-like relationship with Final Cut and AVID editing suites.  I now use Final Draft 8 to create my new screenplays and adaptions of theatre works. 
I am currently working with a team of artists on a webisodic production, a gritty spy drama due for completion in 2011.


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Writing

  • Poems
  • Plays

And Where Are They Now?.
First published in "Poets' Choice," edited by Julia Wilson-Panter, Anchor Books, 1993. I received the accolade of Scottish Young Poet of the Year 1994 (2nd place) for this poem.
Metamorphosis .
This poem was first published in “Inspirations from the North West.” Edited by David Foskett. Anchor Books. 1995
Chester Cross, Saturday Afternoon (About Half Past One).
This poem was first published in “Anchor Poets from the North West.” Edited by Andrew Head. Anchor Books. 1995

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I wrote and produced my first play when I was 16years old. Girls, Girls, Girls was a one act comedy set in the womans bathroom of a night club. Two venues which, at that age, I had little personal experience of, I suppose there was only one direction to go from there. I have since written four full length plays and numerous one-acts, monologues, shorts and skits.
division/part/section
Performed at the Top Floor Theatre, Baltimore (2007)
The Holding Pattern
Performed at Towson University (2006)
The Play
Performed at the Cottier Theatre, Glasgow (2002)

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