Outputs (172)

Community-led Television, Local Voice and Climate Change (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A. (2022, December). Community-led Television, Local Voice and Climate Change

Monday 12 December 2022 Invited to lead a round table discussion for the University of Edgehill - part of their research project 'Community-led television, local voice and climate change' in partnership with the University of Liverpool, Love Wavertr... Read More about Community-led Television, Local Voice and Climate Change.

The Activist Filmmaker in the Archive (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A., & Munro, E. (2022, October). The Activist Filmmaker in the Archive. Paper presented at FIAT/IFTA International Federation of Television Archives, Cape Town, South Africa

This paper examines how a non-professional, environmental campaign film On Site, Torness (29 mins 1979) gained a new life as part of the feature documentary Living Proof: a climate story (90 mins 2021). We will explore how activist films provide an a... Read More about The Activist Filmmaker in the Archive.

Teaching Sound Dramaturgy (2023)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (in press). Teaching Sound Dramaturgy. In Teaching Sound for the 21st Century. Sofia: CILECT

Sound dramaturgy as part of the aesthetic design of either a film or a Virtual Reality (VR) experience is invisible but most relevant, although often overlooked. As sound person and academic, I have long been interested in the dramaturgical relevance... Read More about Teaching Sound Dramaturgy.

Jacques Lacan: The Basics (2023)
Book
Neill, C. (2023). Jacques Lacan: The Basics. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315622002

Jacques Lacan: The Basics provides a clear and succinct introduction to the work of Jacques Lacan, one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. Lacan’s ideas are applied in the study of the humanities, politics, and psychology as well as cont... Read More about Jacques Lacan: The Basics.

The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2023, May). The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis. Presented at Irish Council for Psychotherapy seminar, Dublin

In this talk, Calum Neill will explore Lacan’s four propositions on ethics from his Seminar on the Ethics of Psychoanalysis and seek to illustrate his arguments through Martin McDonagh’s 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin. This will allow us to exam... Read More about The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis.

The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023). The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice. [Video]

A documentary film about the last years of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86), in which he defected to the West (1984), and made his final film, The Sacrifice (1986) in Sweden. During this time, Tarkovsky was also campaigning to get his... Read More about The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice.

“The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Kulpa, R. (2021). “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream. [Magazine article]. Warsaw

A week after the premiere of the fourth season of "The Crown", the British media announced that viewership records were broken. Diana's story is the main theme in it. What is it about her character that attracts the attention of filmmakers, the media... Read More about “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream.

Tiempo de Lluvia (2018)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. (2018). Tiempo de Lluvia. [Digital Film]

The film is one of the first feature drama films in Mexico made in extensive collaboration with a Mixtec Indigenous community in Santiago Apoala, in Oaxaca,and in collaboration with key Indigenous creative staff (producer, scriptwriter, assistant dir... Read More about Tiempo de Lluvia.

Kii Nche Ndutsa (2020)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. (2020). Kii Nche Ndutsa. [Film]

Time and the Seashell (Kii Nche Ndutsa) is a digital practice-based research output consisting of a short experimental film and is the result of investigations conducted by the film director Itandehui Jansen and the screenwriter Armando Bautista Garc... Read More about Kii Nche Ndutsa.

Signs and Gestures (2021)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. (2021). Signs and Gestures. [Film]

Signs and Gestures is a digital practice-based output, consisting of a 10-minute short drama film. The short film is the result of research conducted by the film director at the Edinburgh College of Art between 2019 and 2020, supported by a Challenge... Read More about Signs and Gestures.

We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bilgrami, S., & Thambar, N. (2022, September). We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland. Paper presented at MeCCSA 'Silenced Voices' September 2022, Aberdeen

We Speak (Documentary Film, 6 minutes, 2022) is an audio-visual conversation between filmmaker Sana Bilgrami, and composer and musician Niroshini Thambar, about the experience of claiming space in a post-colonial world. The film reflects on the possi... Read More about We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland.

Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2023, July). Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce. Paper presented at Outlander Conference, Glasgow

This paper examines the impact of the high-end television (HETV) series Outlander on the Scottish film and television production sector, particularly the development and sustainability of careers within the sector’s freelance workforce. Filmed both o... Read More about Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce.

SPARTACUS’ Aftermath / Influences
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (in press). SPARTACUS’ Aftermath / Influences. In Kubrick encounters Spartacus. (Kubrick Studies). Liverpool University Press

A short reflection on the impact of the movie onto Kubricks carreer but moreover how it got referred to by later productions - movies, TV productions, and games alike.

The Epic Spartacus
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (in press). The Epic Spartacus. In Kubrick Encounters Spartacus. Liverpool University Press

Epic stories portray influential characters acting under extraordinary circumstances. As we can see it happens to Spartacus in this movie, the main character is forced to act in a way they never would have imagined a moment before the incident starts... Read More about The Epic Spartacus.

Film: Bunny (2018)
Digital Artefact
Hughes, S., & O'Connor, A. (2018). Film: Bunny. [Film]

The film was commissioned by the Scottish Film Talent Network, Creative Scotland & the BFI Network as part of their Scottish Short 2017 scheme. Directed by Shaun Hughes and Cinematography by Andrew O'Connor The film explores themes of undiagnosed... Read More about Film: Bunny.

Film: Do No Harm (2020)
Digital Artefact
King, D., & O'Connor, A. (2020). Film: Do No Harm. [Film]

A tense, amusing and ultimately hopeful OCD-heist movie, starring Claudie Blakley (Gosford Park, Pride & Prejudice) and Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary, Dumbo, Barbie), and punctuated with a standout score by Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Do No Harm is a... Read More about Film: Do No Harm.

Film: Scuzz (2021)
Digital Artefact
Ghafar, A., & O'Connor, A. (2021). Film: Scuzz. [Film]

On a Saturday night in Glasgow, a bassist pursues a teenage boy through the streets for a stolen guitar, but ends up finding what she really needs - a sincere human connection. Developed and commissioned by Scottish Film Talent Network (BFI Networ... Read More about Film: Scuzz.

Itu Ninu (2023)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. (2023). Itu Ninu. [Film]

72-minute drama film in English and Mixtec (an endangered Indigenous language from Mexico). This is a practice-based research output exploring the concept of "Second-Hand" Cinema, as conceptualized by Nadia Bozak in her book The Cinematic Footprint... Read More about Itu Ninu.

The Third Song on the Record: The 60th Annecy International Animation Film Festival (2020)
Journal Article
Cicchetti, P. (2020). The Third Song on the Record: The 60th Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Film Criticism, 44(3), https://doi.org/10.3998/fc.13761232.0044.307

Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative (2017)
Book Chapter
Cicchetti, P. M. (2017). Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative. In J. Ward, & C. Miller (Eds.), Urban noir : New York and Los Angeles in shadow and light (53-70). Rowman & Littlefield

Set in the late 1990s, against the backdrop of the Rampart scandal that impacted the LAPD, Oren Moverman's Rampart centres on a rogue, corrupt cop, Dave Brown, whose unwillingness to let go of the ‘old ways’ turns him into a perfect scapegoat for a d... Read More about Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative.