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Focalizing On The Fringe: Foucault And Contemporary French-Language Film (Panel Presentation), Mariah Devereux Herbeck

Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck

In the last twenty-five years, a plethora of French and Francophone directors have made films that feature characters marginalized by their socio-economic status, race, religion and / or gender, thus taking these individuals’ stories out of the fringe and placing them center-stage on the big screen. In fact, a trend can be traced in these films whereby when marginalized characters’ narratives are privileged, so-called norms of both filmmaking and society are often examined and questioned. Through the optic of Foucault’s theories of the Panopticon (Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the New Prison)—a structure that bestows upon those located in …

Hearing Screen Animation, Rebecca Coyle

Dr Rebecca Coyle

Animation has become a lucrative and contemporary screen medium. As a film form, animation increasingly engages with expressive tools and techniques, whether as two-dimensional drawn components or 3-D modelled or computer-generated imagery. The popular appreciation for animation is manifest in audience and critical reception to animation feature films. Today these products offer a major challenge to live-action in terms of box office performance and profits, especially in the powerful United States entertainment industry. In Japan, too, feature films are often produced after a television anime series has earned a strong following.

Savage Messiah: Ken Russell’S Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

Constructing Legal Narratives: Law, Language And The Media, Jane Johnston, Rhonda Breit

Jane Johnston

This paper proposes using the theory of narratology to connect to legal discourses and processes with the way the media translate the law into news. Focussing on the Australian context, it looks at the choice of language used my media in covering courts, how stories are told and retold within these primarily textual environments, as well as the selection processes used by journalists in covering these rounds. The paper extends the argument for a narratology of courts, to a narratology of court reporting, suggesting fundamental criteria of story, discourse and the interpretative context be examined. It foreshadows the need for …

Pornography, Female Spectacle And Modernity In Mexico City, 1915-1939, Ageeth Sluis

Ageeth Sluis

No abstract provided.

Fm Radio News: Spreading The News Or Spread Too Thin?, Denise Raward, Jane Johnston

Jane Johnston

United Kingdom investigative reporter Nick Davies has coined the term 'churnalism' to describe the UK print media's reliance on wire copy and press releases for the vast majority of its news. This study looks at this trend in Australia, focusing on the FM radio industry and a case study of one radio station which also serves as a news 'hub' for a national network. Davies found that up to 80 per cent of Fleet Street news is based on wire service, other media or press releases. This Australian FM newsroom study found nearly 90 per cent of networked news bulletins …

Evaluating Writing And Multimedia Projects, Thomas Burkdall

Thomas Burkdall

No abstract provided.

Spectacular Synchronisation: Songs, Animation And Happy Feet, Rebecca Coyle, Philip Hayward

Dr Rebecca Coyle

No abstract provided.

Future Visions: New Technologies Of The Screen, Philip Hayward, Tana Wollen

Professor Philip Hayward

Introduction: surpassing the real / Philip Hayward and Tana Wollen -- The bigger the better: from Cinemascope to IMAX / Tana Wollen -- Computer technology and special effects in contemportary cinema / Robin Baker -- Towards higher definition television / Jean-Luc Renaud -- Multimedia / Frank Rickett -- Refiguring culture / Timothy Binkley -- Interactive games / Leslie Haddon -- The genesis of virtual reality / Rebecca Coyle -- Virtual reality: beyond Cartesian space / Sally Pryor and Jill Scott -- Situating Cyberspace: the popularisation of virtual reality / Philip Hayward.

Off The Planet: Music, Sound And Science Fiction Cinema, Philip Hayward

Professor Philip Hayward

A lively, stimulting and diverse collection of essays on aspects of music, sound and Science Fiction cinema. Following a detailed historical introduction to the development of sound and music in the genre, individual chapters analyse key films, film series, composers and directors in the post-War era.

Speaking Strine: Locating ‘Australia’ In Film Dialogue, Rebecca Coyle

Dr Rebecca Coyle

No abstract provided.

Internet Killed The Copyright Law: Perfect 10 V. Google And The Devastating Impact On The Exclusiive Right To Display, Deborah B. Morse

Deborah Brightman Morse

Never has the dissonance between copyright and innovation been so extreme. The Internet provides enormous economic growth due to the strength of e-commerce, and affords an avenue for creativity and the wide dissemination of information. Nevertheless, the Internet has become a plague on copyright law. The advent of the digital medium has made the unlawful reproduction, distribution, and display of copyrighted works essentially effortless. The law has been unable to keep pace with the rapid advance of technology. For the past decade, Congress has been actively attempting to draft comprehensible legislation in an effort to afford copyright owners more protection …