This is a call for papers for issue #56 of cineAction, an

international film journal published 3 times a year from Toronto

Canada. "Shifting Narratives",  the theme for issue#56 ,  is intended

to provoke a closer look at what actually counts as 'storytelling' in

films today. We are particularly  interested in investigations into

the ways in which (and reasons why) classical narrative conventions

seem to have been manipulated, transformed  or discarded altogether .

Some aspects that may be explored include the technological (e.g.

impact of videotape recorders and dvd players on filmwatching and

analysing ), formal/structural (e.g. television editing practices of

Sesame Street , MTV and commercials), and ideological (e.g.

independent film and non-classical, non-American, non-western films

and filmmaking practices).



Papers are to be submitted by July 1, 2001 with a mailed hard copy

and emailed file attachment (saved as text only). It would be

appreciated if a 50-100 word proposal be submitted/emailed by March15

directly to Susan Morrison , the editor of this issue.



All correspondence should be similarly directed to:

  Susan Morrison

314 Spadina Road

Toronto On M5R 2V6

Canada

Email: [log in to unmask]



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