Outputs (3)

The Myth of Diegesis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellors, C. P. (2022, July). The Myth of Diegesis. Paper presented at International Screen Studies Conference 2022, Glasgow [Online]

Diegesis is central to film criticism, yet, at least in film studies, it is a conceptual mess. Its definition in the discipline contradicts its original meaning and relies upon poorly theorised models of story worlds, producing an ambiguous boundary... Read More about The Myth of Diegesis.

Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law (2020)
Journal Article
Sellors, C. P. (2020). Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law. Journal of Media Law, 12(2), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2020.1831141

In Norowzian v Arks Ltd. (No.2) the Court of Appeal determined that the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 protects films as dramatic works. What, conceptually and in practice, this means is not clear. This article examines and compares the hist... Read More about Too Much Drama Defining Film in UK Copyright Law.

The Impossibility of Science Fiction: Against Buckland's Possible Worlds (2000)
Journal Article
Sellors, C. P. (2000). The Impossibility of Science Fiction: Against Buckland's Possible Worlds. Screen, 41(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/41.2.203

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