Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum
If one should imagine a map of production locations for dive films or films set on tropical islands since the 1960s, it would likely show a trend towards the southern hemisphere and more recently towards Queensland.1 Creative industries development in Queensland has been stimulated partly by state b...
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doaj-b6fb036549fa4e58934c80f9d4d6b18f2020-11-25T03:31:12ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402011-12-011010.25120/etropic.10.0.2011.3417Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and SanctumAllison Craven 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7245-7734James Cook University, AustraliaIf one should imagine a map of production locations for dive films or films set on tropical islands since the 1960s, it would likely show a trend towards the southern hemisphere and more recently towards Queensland.1 Creative industries development in Queensland has been stimulated partly by state bodies, namely the Pacific Film and Television Commission, and Screen Queensland; and the presence of Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, and filmmakers have also been attracted more recently by production offsets from Screen Australia. There is dim connection to the classical geography of the Antipodes as the underside of the world and a place of monsters.https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3417/3355filmcinemacreative industriesdive filmstropical island imaginaryfilm productionqueenslandaustraliapacificantipodesmonsterscast awaysanctumtropicsislandstransnational tropicsmasculinities |
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Allison Craven Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics film cinema creative industries dive films tropical island imaginary film production queensland australia pacific antipodes monsters cast away sanctum tropics islands transnational tropics masculinities |
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum |
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum |
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum |
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum |
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum |
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parables of pacific shores: locations, caves and coastal masculinities in cast away and sanctum |
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James Cook University |
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eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
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If one should imagine a map of production locations for dive films or films set on tropical islands since the 1960s, it would likely show a trend towards the southern hemisphere and more recently towards Queensland.1 Creative industries development in Queensland has been stimulated partly by state bodies, namely the Pacific Film and Television Commission, and Screen Queensland; and the presence of Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, and filmmakers have also been attracted more recently by production offsets from Screen Australia. There is dim connection to the classical geography of the Antipodes as the underside of the world and a place of monsters. |
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film cinema creative industries dive films tropical island imaginary film production queensland australia pacific antipodes monsters cast away sanctum tropics islands transnational tropics masculinities |
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