*STRANGE NEW WORLDS: NEW FRONTIERS IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION POSTGRADUATE
CONFERENCE*
*Thursday 18th June 2015*
*(Papers welcome from all)*
*KEYNOTE SPEAKER: **Dr Helen Wheatley (University of Warwick)*
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Issues of technology and film have long been considered fundamental
bedfellows. Studies of technology’s impact both on the cinema – from the
coming of sound and colour to the rise of digital media – and within its
films have shaped much scholarly thinking. Indeed, representations of
technology’s effects on modern and future life shine a light on our most
elemental fears.
In these days of digital frontier, how do we as scholars and audiences
negotiate our relationship to the technologised cinema? How do we best
understand the role that technology, and our awareness of it, plays into
the production, distribution and reception of television and cinema? Do
films and television shows visualise technology as an oppressor or a
liberator – and has that changed over time?
We invite papers that explore the issues inherent in the relationship
between technology and cinema, with possible topics to consider, but not
limited to:
· Rethinking the history of technological progress in
cinema and television.
· Cinematic representations of technology.
· The mediation and coverage of technology in the film
industry
· Film and television criticism in the Internet Age.
· The cultural effects of technological change in
production, distribution and exhibition.
· New technologies in documentary filmmaking.
· Special effects and the cinema.
· World cinemas and television in the digital age.
· Impacts of streaming and alternative distribution on
television broadcasting.
· Crowdfunding, and other disruptions to traditional
production models.
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Abstracts of between 200 and 300 words for presentations of around 20
minutes should be submitted, along with a brief biography to
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reference STRANGE NEW WORLDS in your subject line.
Delegate / Registration Fee £10
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