Set-Going Chronicles: Rethinking Turkish Cinema Through the Lens of New Cinema History

Abstract

In this article, we propose set-going as a novel concept for studying the experience of visiting filming locations to watch the making of a film. This experience creates a field of interaction between movie enthusiasts and movie professionals. We argue that set-going should be considered as a new trajectory for studying the cultural and social history of cinema. Theoretically, we benefit from the New Cinema History paradigm. Departing from a case study of the Ye & scedil;il & ccedil;am era of Turkish cinema (1950s-1980s), we discuss the practice of set-going as embracing a wide range of social and cultural contexts surrounding the production process.