CALL FOR PAPERS: For a collection representing the way in which "close reading" is practiced in cinema studies today: Short essays [c. 500 -2000 words] that offer a detailed close reading of a sequence from Hitchcock's VERTIGO. These readings should pay attention to specific elements of mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and sound-track in themselves; in relationship to each other; in relationship to the way the film works to engage its audience; and in relationship to the plot, characters, and themes of the film. The close reading may be presented as part of a reading [or interpretation] of the film as a whole, in which the specific textual details described are related to a larger pattern [thematic, ideological, rhetorical], or they may be presented as noteworthy simply as illustrative of Hitchcock's cinema. Either way, the emphasis should be on the specific textual details rather than on the larger meanings or implications. If you may be interested in contributing, please reply to this message ASAP expressing your interest and indicating what specific sequence from the film you would want to analyze or explicate. A short--one paragraph-- sample of what your explication might look like would be helpful though it's not required at this time. Please send your proposals to: [log in to unmask] Mike ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]