Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues
| Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues | |
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| Directed by | Britton Watkins[1] |
| Cinematography | Josh Feldman[1] |
| Edited by | Josh Feldman[1] |
Release date | 24 August 2017 |
Running time | 92 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues is a 2017 documentary film about conlanging – the hobby of constructing artificial languages and the people who make them. The film features conlangers David J. Peterson[1] (Dothraki and High Valyrian from Game of Thrones), Marc Okrand[1] (Klingon from Star Trek) and David Salo[1] (consultant on Tolkien's languages, particularly Sindarin, for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies), as well as Paul Frommer, linguistics professor and creator of Na'vi,[2] and Christine Schreyer (Kryptonian from Man of Steel), anthropologist at the University of British Columbia, who hopes to be able to apply conlanging methods to endangered languages.[3] The film also looks at the history of the hobby and modern-day conlangers. While the film was made available for online purchase in 24 August, a premiere was held on 22 July at the University of Calgary's Plaza Theatre.[2][4] Production began in 2015, and received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, but the film's future was secured through an Indiegogo campaign that raised $25,000 during August 2016.[5] The Language Creation Society provided $3,000 worth of funds towards the film and held an interview with Watkins.[6]
See also
- Constructed language
- List of constructed languages
- Interlinguistics
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "About – Conlanging, The Film". http://conlangingfilm.com/about.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross, Tom (21 July 2017). "Film looking at creation of languages premiering in Calgary". Rogers Media. http://www.660news.com/2017/07/21/film-looking-creation-languages-premiering-calgary/.
- ↑ Wellborn, Patty (28 July 2016). "UBC anthropologist helps create documentary on the art of language construction". University of British Columbia. https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2016/07/28/ubc-anthropologist-helps-create-documentary-on-the-art-of-language-construction/.
- ↑ "University of Calgary Events: Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues". 2017. https://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/conlanging-art-crafting-tongues.
- ↑ Watkins, Britton (2016). "Conlanging Documentary Film". https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/conlanging-documentary-film-educational#/.
- ↑ "Conlanging film". 25 July 2016. https://conlang.org/conlanging-film/.
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