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Being Nick Von Sternberg: Critical Parodies of Film Students in Anglophone Cinema
Full text linkThis article explores the complex and often contentious representations of film students in anglophone cinema, particularly as portrayed in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (2019) and its sequel The Souvenir Part II (2021). By examining the historical context of film education since its inception in the 1930s, it highlights the persistent tensions between academia and the film industry, which have shaped the portrayal of film students on screen. The article argues that while earlier representations often lean towards negative stereotypes—depicting film students as privileged, narcissistic, or detached from reality—more recent films, especially those from the 2010s onward, offer more nuanced portrayals that reflect the diverse, lived experiences of film students. Through a critical analysis of various films, this article illustrates how narratives such as Dear White People (2014), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and Hogg’s works, provide more authentic insights into the film school experience, emphasizing the importance of personal voice and artistic development over mere vocational training and seeing Film as a ‘Mickey Mouse’ course. Ultimately, the article contributes to a growing discourse on the representation of students in media, advocating for a more comprehensive understanding of the specific contexts of film education in shaping both individual identities and broader cultural narratives and education and Cinema
The Cinematologists Presents: Students on Screen
No full textThis special episode of The Cinematologists is a contribution to the Students on Screen project convened by Dr Kay Calver and Dr Bethan Michael-Fox, to coincide with a special issue of Open Screens they have edited, which explores screen representations of students across a plethora of Global screen media forms.
On behalf of The Cinematologists, Neil contributed a paper - drawing from his decade-old doctoral work - on representations of film students in anglophone cinema, and put together this episode, which is both a dissemination of and critical artefact of, the special issue.
For this episode Neil talks to Kay and Beth about the Students on Screen project, as conveners and issue editors, as well as three contributors to the special collection. The contributors are Dr Sharon Coleclough, Dr Devaleena Kundu and Dr Oli Belas. The critical focus of all the conversations includes critical regard for the spaces where representations of students in fiction and non-fiction screen spaces can improve, address, or further address gaps in lived experience.
Elsewhere in the episode, Neil and Dario discuss representations of students on screen, Neil’s paper, and in an extended analysis, a film that Neil doesn’t cover in his piece, but is worthy of discussion, 2014’s The Rewrite, directed by Marc Lawrence and starring Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei.
For more information on the Students on Screen project, click the link above, and for more information, on the journal Open Screens, click here
Unfazed, unprepared and excited: developing inclusive pedagogy and knowledge exchange between students, academics and the film industry at Falmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab
Full text linkFalmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab (hereafter the Lab) is a multi-faceted project covering pedagogy, creative practice, creative practice research and more traditional outputs in projects that are collaborations between the university and professional filmmakers, production companies and state bodies, such as the BFI. The collaborations foster knowledge exchange for how projects see students, staff and industry professionals working alongside each other, with knowledge flowing dynamically between all parties
Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media
No full textPodcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of academic research exploring the definition, status, practices and implications of podcasting through a Media and Cultural Studies lens. By bringing together research from experienced and early career academics alongside audio and creative practitioners, the chapters in this volume span a range of approaches in a timely reaction to podcasting’s zeitgeist moment.
In conceptualizing the podcast, the contributors examine its liminal status between the mechanics of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media and between differing production contexts, in addition to podcasting’s reliance on mainstream industrial structures whilst retaining an alternative, even outsider, sensibility. In the present tumult of online media discourse, the contributors frame podcasting as indicative of a ‘new aural culture’ emerging from an identifiable set of industrial, technological and cultural circumstances. The analyses in this collection offer a range of interpretations which begin to open avenues for further research into a distinct Podcast Studies
Interview with Richard Herring
Full text linkRichard Herring is a writer, stand-up comedian and podcaster. In recent years he has found sustained success as a podcaster, particularly through the podcast Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP), on which he interviews a renowned comedian, broadcaster or celebrity guest in front of a live studio audience. RHLSTP is released in both audio and video versions. He also uses the podcast form to explore improvisational aspects of his writing and stand-up through the As It Occurs To Me (AIOTM) and Richard Herring’s Meaning Of Life (RHMOL) projects. Then there’s the surreal performance art of Me1 vs Me2 Snooker that finds Herring playing himself at snooker and taking on the persona of both players and also commentating on the frame as it happens, in audio form. Due to the variety of podcast forms he engages with and his high profile through them, Herring is an appropriate practitioner to provide a case study interview for this book. His work cuts across several types of podcast – live, pre-recorded, comedy, interview/chat etc. and podcasting is central to his work. It is the area where he gains the most recognition of the varied work he does and also, as he discusses in the interview, podcasting provides the opportunity to drive audiences and consumers to the other areas such as his stand-up shows. He is also a reflective practitioner taking the opportunity to discuss podcasting as a form on his RHLSTP podcast when a suitable opportunity arise
Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media
No full textPodcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of academic research exploring the definition, status, practices and implications of podcasting within the Media and Cultural Studies. Bringing together research from experienced and early career academics, alongside audio and creative practitioners, the chapters in this book span a range of approaches in a timely reaction to podcasting’s zeitgeist moment. In conceptualizing the podcast, we examine its liminal status between the mechanics of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, between differing production contexts, and podcasting’s reliance on mainstream industrial structures whilst retaining an alternative, even outsider, sensibility. In the present tumult of online media discourse, we frame podcasting as indicative of a ‘new aural culture’ emerging from an identifiable set of industrial, technological and cultural circumstances. The analyses in this collection offer a range of interpretations which begin to open avenues for further research into a distinct ‘podcast studies’
Without the filmmaking there is no research: establishing the Sound/Image Cinema Lab via a REF2021 impact case study and exploring the impact of its engagement with UK film production
Full text linkThis article discusses the writing of an impact case study for REF2021 that revolves around independent film production, film industry and pedagogy. The culture of professional film production at Falmouth University's School of Film & Television resulted in involvement in the BAFTA winning Mark Jenkin film Bait (2019) and the widespread impact of that film provided the impetus for an impact case study that saw the consolidation in the form of the Sound/Image Cinema Lab (The Lab) project. Bait is one of several commercial short and feature film productions that have received interventions that have resulted in the production and/or completion of work that would not have been possible, or not possible to the same level of quality, without it.
This article tracks how those interventions impacted beneficiaries and stakeholders culturally, socially and economically and resulted in national and regional economic and production benefits for film production and graduate career development. It discusses how these interventions and productions were configured as research to ensure that the impact of Bait and other films were measured and captured. It extends work delivered by the author in Media Practice & Education [Fox, Neil. 2018. “'Filmmaking is a Hard Thing to Do': Reflections on Student and Lecturer Experience of Falmouth University's Filmmaker in Residence Initiative.” Media Practice and Education 19 (2): 205–221]
Introduction: Podcasting and Podcasts: Parameters of a New Aural Culture
No full textIn this introductory chapter, the editors set out the technological, industrial and cultural contexts which have facilitated the emergence of podcasting and podcasts as a ‘new aural culture’. Drawing on their own experiences as podcast producers, listeners and theorists they explore the unique circumstances through which podcasting has evolved into a discreet form, despite existing in a seeming simultaneously symbiotic relation with a host of mediums. The introduction also posits the possibility of a podcast studies and sets out the following chapters as developments of the previous nascent research into podcasting, while furthering avenues of inquiry reflective of podcasting’s increasingly influential status in the digital media landscape
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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