Subject Line: CFP: Velvet Light Trap DVD Issue The Velvet Light Trap A Critical Journal of Film & Television Issue 56, Fall 2005 Issue Theme: DVDs Less than a decade after their entry into the market, the impact of DVDs has already become visible in media production strategies, legal and economic policy, marketing and distribution, exhibition environments, and audience reception habits. Decisions on style and content during shooting of film and television programs increasingly consider possibilities for cross-media consumption. Short forms such as making-of documentaries and other ³bonus features² have proliferated. Direct to consumer sales have created lucrative markets for otherwise marginal films and television programs and have affected habits of consumption. The home viewing environment opens possibilities for interfaces with other entertainment technologies. The Velvet Light Trap invites papers exploring issues surrounding DVD technology as part of audiovisual culture and practice. In addition to papers focusing on technology, we seek papers that examine DVDs in relation to questions of aesthetics, narrative construction, genre, production, promotion/distribution, exhibition, and reception--including issues of economic consumption and cultural use--from local, national, or global perspectives. For more information and submission guidelines, contact Eija Niskanen ([log in to unmask], 608-456-5998), Shawn VanCour ([log in to unmask]), or Jacquelyn Vinson ([log in to unmask], 608-263-3997). Jacquelyn Vinson University of Wisconsin Department of Communication Arts Media & Cultural Studies -- Vilas Hall, Room 6067 821 University Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53705 608.263.3997 'Les hommes, n'ayant pas pu guerir la mort, la misere, l'ignorance, ils se sont avises, pour se rendre heureux, de n'y point penser' (Men, not having been able to put an end to death, to misery, to ignorance, have decided, in order to be happy, to not think of these things) -Blaise Pascal, 17th C. French philosopher 'Mmmm.....Beeeer.....' -Homer Simpson, Local Boob ---- 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]