CFP: Videographic Approaches to World Cinema and Transnational Circulation

Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Chicago, March 22-26, 2017



This panel seeks works of videographic criticism (or papers that address methodological and/or theoretical questions about this [new] form of scholarship) that look beyond the “text itself” to explore broader industrial questions about the processes through which films circulate. The videographic mode opens up rhetorical possibilities often unattainable via traditional modes of scholarship. Although it has been used overwhelmingly for—and is well suited to—close textual analysis, it simultaneously offers intriguing possibilities/challenges for explorations of other aspects of film culture such as exhibition, distribution, audience reception, and so on.



We are especially interested in proposals that address transnational circulation and/or issues related to World Cinema. Possible topics include:



Distribution

Exhibition

Promotion (trailers, posters, etc.) and Branding

Paratexts (including opening titles, DVD packaging, making-of docs, etc.)

Film reviewing/criticism

Film Festivals

Subtitles, Dubbing and Translation

DVDs and streaming platforms

Celebrity/red carpet/awards shows

Audiences/fandom/fan vids

Social media (Youtube, Instagram, Vine, etc.)

Piracy and copyright

 



Please submit a 300-word abstract and brief bio to David Richler <[log in to unmask]> and Michael Talbott  <[log in to unmask]> by Friday, August 12.



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