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Movement, a newly-launched NYU-affiliated media studies e-journal is currently seeking submissions for its premiere issue: Movement 1.1: The Future of Cinema What the "future of cinema" will entail has been an issue hotly debated by filmmakers, critics and scholars alike throughout (and within the various inceptions of) film history. The Soviet montage theorists bemoaned the death of cinema as a visual medium when sound threatened to change it irrevocably; and twenty-five years later, movie producers saw the popularization of television as an equal if not greater threat. Likewise, filmmakers, critics, and scholars today (both optimistically and pessimistically) see new media outlets and technologies like Internet distribution and digital media as the last great wave that will finally obliterate the classical theatrical cinematic experience as we know it. Conversely, film theorist/historians like Thomas Elsasser argue that to call upon a "death of cinema" mistakenly presupposes cinema as a static, pure, and unchanging concept, when history shows that it has been anything but. As cinema has undergone continuous changes in technology as well as adaptations to modern spectatorial practices and new forms of visual media, it has never ceased to modify itself accordingly. As a journal dedicated towards preparing tomorrow's media scholars for the future of cinema studies, Movement decries blind speculation regarding the future trajectory of cinema as experience, technology, or object of study (i.e., we are not here to dogmatically debate cinema's death or rebirth). Instead, the premiere issue of this journal seeks papers that aim to interrogate cinema as a concept with respect to changes and advancements in visual media technology and consumption. In tandem, Movement asks what the role of cinema studies is and should be with respect to such new technologies and alternative spectatorial outlets. Papers may address any of the following questions: What makes other visual media (digital video, Internet/home exhibition, computer-based art, image and text-based websites) "cinematic," and how far, if at all, do theories and formal approaches to cinema apply to these other forms of visual media? What have been the changing definitions of cinema in film history/film studies history, and how does this context inform any advanced, contemporary definitions of cinema? Is the theatrical film experience necessary to experience "cinema"? How do DVD special features, distribution of deleted material, "directors' cuts," or the more recent "democratic" utility of reedited "mash-up" film clips on YouTube (and other sites) challenge the idea of the theatrical film as an authoritative homogenous text? Are these practices in any way revolutionary, or do they have historic predecessors and/or equivalents? Experiencing various types of visual media simultaneously through multiple screens, frames, or windows all within the computer screen can be argued as a unique type of viewing practice different than viewing via home video or the attention-enveloping movie screen. Does the concept of multiple, simultaneous screens challenge traditional ideas of receiving visual information, and what implications does this have regarding advancements in media literacy? What are the implications of the transition from analog to digital? These questions can be treated as mere starting points. Submitted papers need not solely be limited to addressing these specific questions—any proposals related to the subject at large on topics not specifically addressed here are encouraged as well. Please send 300-400 word abstracts addressed to Landon Palmer at [log in to unmask] by September 22. You will be contacted by September 27 as to whether or not your paper has been chosen for publication. Movement also welcomes abstracts submitted on any topic that that the writer may feel is compatible with the focus of the journal, as it may inspire the subject of an upcoming issue. http://movementjournal.com/ Movement mission statement: Media, as history has shown, has never been a static concept. And as the form and definition of various media continue to change, "media studies" changes as well. Movement, simply put, is a journal dedicated towards looking to the future in studies of the moving image. Movement aims not only to conceptualize the future of "media," but also to examine how studies in visual media can be adapted to the ever-changing agents, consumers, and distributors of such media. Movement was created by graduate students, and is intended as a voice for scholars of all ages to commentate, analyze, and speculate on the future of media. As audio-visual media becomes more complex and pervasive, understanding such media becomes more essential to perceiving the world around us. Movement welcomes papers that aim to develop a progressive understanding of contemporary visual media. This also means rethinking the past, andMovement encourages submissions that aim to expand or challenge established studies in order to develop a more complete understanding of the future of visual media. - Bryce Renninger, Violet Lucca, & Landon Palmer Movement Editors * * Film-Philosophy salon After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. * Film-Philosophy online: http://www.film-philosophy.com Contact: [log in to unmask] **