"Black, Not Grey: Ankara Rocks!"
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"Black, Not Grey: Ankara Rocks!" A Creative Practice-Based Investigation of the Ankara Rock Music Scene of the 1980s and the 1990s Through Documentary Filmmaking UFUK ÖNEN School of Arts and Media University of Salford, Salford, UK Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, November 2017 Supervisor Dr. Benjamin Halligan (University of Wolverhampton) Local Advisor Prof. Dr. Bülent Çaplı (Bilkent University) This PhD project is composed of two components: written (40%) and audiovisual (60%). The written component is the PhD dissertation (41,088 words) and the audiovisual component is the feature length documentary, titled Black, Not Grey: Ankara Rocks! (87 minutes; first submitted version was 114 minutes). The video file of the documentary is attached to this thesis. The documentary can be streamed on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/200467560 Password: 06ankararocks ii Dissertation Table of Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... vi Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. viii Abstract ..................................................................................................................................... ix PART ONE ................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction: Motivation, Aims and Objectives ......................................................................... 2 Literature Review ....................................................................................................................... 6 Texts ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Cohen's Rock Culture in Liverpool: Popular Music in the Making (1991) ....................... 8 Mallinder's "Sheffield Is Not Sexy" (2007) ..................................................................... 10 Pesses' "The City She Loves Me: The Los Angeles of the Red Hot Chili Peppers" (2009) .............................................................................................................. 12 Hatherley's Uncommon: An Essay on Pulp (2011) .......................................................... 13 Schmitt's Like the Last 30 Years Never Happened: Understanding Detroit Rock Music Through Oral History (2008) ............................................................................. 15 Nichols' Introduction to Documentary (2001) ................................................................. 17 McCreadie's Documentary Superstars: How Today's Filmmakers Are Reinventing the Form (2008) .............................................................................................................. 19 Lebow's The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Cinema (2012) .............................................................................................................................. 21 Documentaries ...................................................................................................................... 22 Lot 63, Grave C (2006) .................................................................................................... 23 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of İstanbul (2005) ........................................................ 25 Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) ........................................................................... 26 Stories We Tell (2012) ...................................................................................................... 29 iii Decline of Western Civilization Part II: Metal Years (1988) .......................................... 30 Searching for Sugar Man (2012) ..................................................................................... 32 Comparison of the Documentaries' Narrative Styles ....................................................... 34 Comparison of Music Use ................................................................................................ 45 Texts and Documentaries as Basis of Creative Practice Methodology ................................ 46 Creative Practice Methodology ................................................................................................ 48 PART TWO .............................................................................................................................. 56 Critical Commentary and Personal Reflections on the Making of Documentary .................... 57 Timeline ............................................................................................................................... 57 Version 01 ............................................................................................................................ 58 Version 02 ............................................................................................................................ 59 Interim Assessment .......................................................................................................... 60 Scripting / Editing of the Interviews ................................................................................ 61 Version 02 - Test Screening 1 (February 2013) ............................................................... 63 Version 03 ............................................................................................................................ 64 Version 03 - Test Screening 1 (July 2013) ....................................................................... 68 Internal Evaluation ........................................................................................................... 70 Version 03 - Test Screening 2 (January 2014) ................................................................. 71 My Response to Critiques from Internal Evaluation and Test Screening ........................ 71 Version 04 ............................................................................................................................ 73 Version 04 - Test Screening 1 (March 2015) ................................................................... 77 Version 04 - Test Screening 2 (March 2015) ................................................................... 77 My Response to Critiques from Version 04 - Test Screening 1 and 2 ............................. 78 Version 04 - Feedback from My Supervisor Dr Halligan and My Response .................. 79 Version 04 - Final Cut ...................................................................................................... 81 Version 04 - Re-Cut ......................................................................................................... 85 PART THREE .......................................................................................................................... 87 Critical Reflections on the Documentary ................................................................................. 88 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 96 iv Revisiting the Research Questions ....................................................................................... 97 Revisiting the Question Behind the Critical Inquiry .......................................................... 105 Final Thoughts .................................................................................................................... 108 References .............................................................................................................................. 109 Appendix A: Original Time Plan ........................................................................................... 119 Appendix B: Documentary Poster .......................................................................................... 120 Appendix C: Documentary Information and Credits ............................................................. 121 Appendix D: Photographs and Album Covers ....................................................................... 126 v List of Figures Figure 01 Screenshot from Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Figure 02 Screenshot from Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Figure 03 Screenshot from Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Figure 04 Screenshot from Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Figure 05 Screenshot from Stories We Tell Figure 06 Screenshot from Stories We Tell Figure 07 Screenshot from Stories We Tell Figure 08 Screenshot from Stories We Tell Figure 09 Screenshot from Lot 63, Grave C Figure 10 Screenshot from Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of İstanbul Figure 11 Screenshot from Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of İstanbul Figure 12 Screenshot from Lot 63, Grave C Figure 13 Screenshot from Lot 63, Grave C Figure 14 Screenshot from Stories We Tell Figure 15 Screenshot from Searching for Sugar Man Figure 16 Screenshot from Searching for Sugar Man Figure 17 Screenshot from Searching for Sugar Man Figure 18 Screenshot from Decline of Western Civilization Part II: Metal Years Figure 19 Screenshot from Decline of Western Civilization Part II: Metal Years Figure 20 Screenshot from Decline of Western Civilization Part II: Metal Years Figure 21 Screenshot from Decline of Western Civilization Part II: Metal Years Figure 22 Screenshot from Searching for Sugar Man Figure 23 Screenshot from Searching for Sugar Man