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*SIGHTLINES*
*Filmmaking in the Academy*

*Call for films and papers*

The Screen Cultures Research Lab at RMIT University, with the support of
the Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association (ASPERA),
is pleased to announce Sightlines, a two-day conference/festival on
filmmaking in the academy, to be held on 24 & 25 November 2014.

In the 21st Century, audiovisual communication is a key concern for
scholarship and the wider community.  The production of films in the
context of academic research is growing in scale and significance.
 Documentaries, dramas, essay and experimental films are made by
postgraduate research students and academic staff, to extend an individual
creative practice, develop the field of screen production or explore the
possibilities of audiovisual media as a method of research in many fields
of knowledge.

Sightlines is a multidisciplinary event designed to both interrogate and
celebrate filmmaking practice in the context of academic research and
explore its significance, through screenings, panels, presentations,
roundtable discussions and keynote addresses.  It will seek to break down
traditional boundaries between arts-based research and other forms of
investigation, creating an arena for debate about the need for greater
recognition of academic research that extends beyond written text.

Possible topics include:

   - Does the academic film have its own identity and, if so, what are its
   features?
   - On what basis should academic films be evaluated?
   - What forms of knowledge about human experience and the world can be
   expressed through film?
   - Does an academic film need written text to validate it as research?
   - What is the relationship of academic film production to the broader
   screen industries and can this be developed in useful ways for all
   concerned?
   - In the academy, can a screenplay exist in its own right, without a
   film being made?
   - Within the scope of academic film production, is there a thing called
   a thesis film?
   - What funding, distribution and publication models are available for
   academic films?


We are calling for papers, panels and presentations that respond to these
and other relevant questions. Most importantly, we are calling for films.
 Any production made since 2011 as postgraduate research or by an academic
staff member is eligible.  Screenplays; non-linear, interactive, online
films; and other emerging screen-based forms are welcome.  Films and other
screen works selected for the event will go through a process of peer
review and papers will be published in refereed conference proceedings
and/or a relevant journal.


*Submission guidelines*

*Films*

Please submit a preview copy via online link or DVD.  A 300 word statement
covering in what ways the film can be understood as research is optional.

*Papers*

Please submit a 300 word abstract outlining your proposed paper, panel or
presentation.

With all submissions, include name, title and affiliation of each author.

*Submit via*

Email: [log in to unmask] or

Mail:
Leo Berkeley
School of Media & Communication
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia

*Deadline*

Abstracts and previews of films to be submitted by 5.00pm, Friday 2 May
2014.

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With the support of the Australian Screen Production Education & Research
Association (ASPERA)
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