Making a Show in Australia: The Politics from Development to ProductionThis report considers the context in which two government-funded organisations are impacting the Australia screen industry. Both Screen…May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
The Politics of the Screen Industry in AustraliaThis report highlights the political implications on the screen industry in Australia. As a representative survey of current information…May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
Visual concept response: Story, composition and the ever-enticing long shotThe Diary: A SummaryDec 25, 2020Dec 25, 2020
Screen Form From Classic to Experimental: The Wizard of Oz to Waking LifeIntroductionDec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Convergence Culture and a Marriage to Social MediaThanks to the technical affordances available today, popular culture has taken a shift across mediums. There is a market for everything…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Poetic Moralities: Agency and HumanismMorality is ambiguous, malleable and pure. Like an expertly crafted and socially reflexive piece of art, A construct, no doubt, and master…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Meta-Emotions, Kama Muta and Being Emotionally Moved by MusicBeing emotionally moved by music is not a revelation. The question is how do we know that music is meaningful? From metaphors to…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
The Life of Feeling and Aesthetic Anxiety in Film and TelevisionThe reasons why we connect with songs, movies, games and more often boils down to emotions and affect. As Karl Inglesias (2005) notes…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Vampires and Semiotics in a Postmodern WorldOur favourite bloodsucking fantasy creatures have a prolific history in various texts from Dracula to True Blood and Buffy to Twilight…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
The postmodern pop artist: Music, sampling and social commentaryPostmodernism has long been a contentious subject to confine and define — in part because that very act has the opportunity to be…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020