David J Glover

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; The Matrix, The Truman Show and Jean Baudrillard, Hegal and Withnail and I, and a discussion document for Brokeback Mountain. I also 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 www.RBIhornell.com. I am proficient with both Avid and Final Cut Pro and also with Final Draft.

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