Anyone Can Buy a Seat in the Cinema
Magma Poetry in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh
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Poets and Filmmakers: from Page to Screen
Anyone Can Buy a Seat in the Cinema
Film poem by Maggie Clark after a poem by Laura Seymour
Anyone Can Buy a Seat in the Cinema
Film Poem by Maggie Clark after a poem by Laura Seymour
Maggie Clark: As my focus is primarily in documentary, the film poem has been an opportunity for me to expand my creative practice and be a little bit more playful with the way I film. It’s pushed me to use visual metaphor as a storytelling device, which is a challenge I’ve really enjoyed! Laura’s poem is about love in the face of prejudice. It carries a sincere and important message, which I hope to do justice in my film.
Laura Seymour: When Maggie and I were talking at the start of the project, I saw that one or two images in the poem stuck out visually from the rest, and also that the images that stuck out visually were perhaps the most ambiguous. The idea that readers or watchers might be more affected by ambivalent imagery was really interesting to me.
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Maggie Clark is a Canadian born filmmaker currently studying for her Masters in Film Directing at the Edinburgh College of Art. Her focus is in character-led documentary, which she uses to explore female identity.
Laura Seymour’s book The Shark Cage (2015) won Cinnamon Press’s debut poetry collection award. Her poems have appeared in various journals, including Poetry Review, Poetry London, Magma, MsLexia, Envoi, Ambit, South Bank Poetry, Brittle Star andThe Interpreter’s House.
Magma Poetry in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh
Read more about the collaboration here:
Poets and Filmmakers: from Page to Screen
Project Team
Magma Poetry
Stav Poleg, Co-Editor, Magma 71, The Film Issue
The University of Edinburgh
Institute of Academic Development:
Jennifer Williams and Lucy Ridley, Festival of Creative Learning
Learning Teaching and Web Services:
Lucy Kendra, Open Media Project
And also:
Charlie Farley, Open Education Resources Advisor – open.ed.ac.uk
Emma Davie, Programme Director – Postgraduate Film, Edinburgh College of Art
Juro Oravec, President 2017-2018 – Edinburgh Movie Production Society