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The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams (2017)
Journal Article
Milne, L. S. (2017). The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams. Incantatio : An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming, 6, 78-116. https://doi.org/10.7592/incantatio2017_6_milne

This article takes a semiotic and structuralist approach to understanding the characteristic nightmare package of imagery, or image-constellation, which appears also in charms, curses and lullabies to do with disturbed sleep. Elements of the nightmar... Read More about The Terrors of the Night: Charms against the Nightmare and the Mythology of Dreams.

Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, J. (2017). Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation. Participations: International Journal of Audience Reception Studies, 14(2), 526-544

In its relatively short life, second screen interaction has evolved into a variety of forms of viewer engagement. The practice of using two screens concurrently has become common in domestic TV viewing but remains a relatively specialist and niche ex... Read More about Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation.

Community Media Practice: Filming local knowledge past and present (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2017, November). Community Media Practice: Filming local knowledge past and present. Paper presented at Centre for Film Studies, University of St. Andrews

Seminar presentation at Centre for Film Studies, University of St. Andrews (1/11/17). "Community Media Practice: Filming local knowledge past and present". Presentation of interim research on Asylum Armada research project alongside previous Govan an... Read More about Community Media Practice: Filming local knowledge past and present.

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.

Introduction (2017)
Journal Article
Bremner, N., & Bahmad, J. (2017). Introduction. French Cultural Studies, 28(3), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957155817714118

Although the act of labelling cultural practices or products as trash is often framed as a casual dismissal based on self-evident assumptions, it can in fact be viewed as a mechanism which reflects, perpetuates and justifies the power dynamics of the... Read More about Introduction.

Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources (2017)
Journal Article
Hetherington, R., & McRae, R. (2017). Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources. Animation, 12(2), 156-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847717710738

A qualitative inquiry of reviews of films featuring digital humanlike characters was performed by sampling user comments from three online reviewer aggregator sites: the Internet Movie Database, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. The movies chosen for a... Read More about Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources.

Representing Scottish Communities on Screen (2017)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. (2017). Representing Scottish Communities on Screen. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking : Diversity, Practices and Places (60-75). Routledge

No abstract available.

Practice led Research Methodologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2017, March). Practice led Research Methodologies. Paper presented at School of Arts & Creative industries Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University

The research question and methodology that I will talk about today sit around a project I’m currently developing, known as Asylum Armada Documentary & Research project, based around local knowledge of the events of the Spanish Armada’s escape from En... Read More about Practice led Research Methodologies.

Event: Women Working in Film & Television (2017)
Other
Macleod, K. (2017). Event: Women Working in Film & Television. Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Annual Networking and panel events to enhance gender diversity and promote women’s careers in film & Television. Held on International Women’s Day in School of Arts & Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier.

Interview with Tim Irwin, Director of We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) and Don’t Break Down: A Film about Jawbreaker (2017) (2017)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2017). Interview with Tim Irwin, Director of We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) and Don’t Break Down: A Film about Jawbreaker (2017). Punk and Post Punk, 6(1), 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1386/punk.6.1.157_7

This interview was conducted over Skype on 26 March 2017. I contacted Tim Irwin for an interview with two main goals in mind. First, I was hoping for insight into his new film about Jawbreaker, Don’t Break Down: A Film about Jawbreaker (2017), and se... Read More about Interview with Tim Irwin, Director of We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) and Don’t Break Down: A Film about Jawbreaker (2017).

Film: And Violet (2017)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2017). Film: And Violet. [Film]

A coming of age drama about the interwoven and unravelling lives of teenage daughter Violet, her adoptive Mum and her birth Mum.
When Violet and her adoptive mum visit a small Scottish town one summer, they unexpectedly run into Violet’s estranged b... Read More about Film: And Violet.

Visibility of Motion Blur and Strobing Artefacts in Video at 100 Frames per Second (2017)
Report
Selfridge, R., & Noland, K. C. (2017). Visibility of Motion Blur and Strobing Artefacts in Video at 100 Frames per Second. BBC Research and Development

High frame rate are currently under discussion in the broadcasting industry as part of ultra-high definition standards. Previous subjective tests showed that a substantial improvement in video quality is possible with high frame rates, and there is w... Read More about Visibility of Motion Blur and Strobing Artefacts in Video at 100 Frames per Second.

The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Bishop, D. (2017). The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it. https://theconversation.com/the-violent-post-truth-2017-predicted-in-the-running-man-were-living-in-it-70726

Welcome to a world where fake news stories are used to manipulate public opinion. Dissent is no longer tolerated and all your communications are monitored; the economy is not functioning and reality TV is used to distract you from harsher realities.... Read More about The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it.