Dec 25, 2008 | Film, Television, Volume 14
Abstract: This paper argues that the democratisation of digital cinema has inaugurated a prevalence of the long take and the split screen and a resultant excess of images. Mike Figgis’ use of both the split screen and long take in his Timecode exemplifies the intimate...
Dec 24, 2008 | Digital Media/Internet, Film, Older Media, Television, Volume 14
Abstract: This article sketches a genealogy and typology of the split screen in mainstream film, identifying three distinct phases in the integration of this device since the 1950s, each relating to broader cultural shifts ushered in by media advances and transitions:...
Aug 22, 2008 | Comics, Film, Other, Sound, Television, Urban Space, Volume 08
Edited by Angela Ndalianis and Wendy Haslem Some of the essays in this special bumper issue were presented as papers at the Men in Tights! Superheroes Conference, which was held at Melbourne University, June 2005. Contents 1. True Lies: Do We Really Want Our Icons to...
May 24, 2008 | Film, Games, Television, Volume 13
Abstract: In Deviant Materialities: Reflecting Surfaces and Hollow Bodies in CSI, Zach Whalen examines the simulation of two kinds of gaze – the surface reflection of the mirror and the penetration of forensic and surgical procedures. The ‘CSI shot’, a signature of...
Mar 8, 2008 | Contents Page Only, Digital Media/Internet, Television, Urban Space, Volume 12
Screenscapes Editor, Leanne Downing 1. An Urban Island: Atlantic Station and its Use of the Screen – Beau B. Beza & Derek Merrill 2. Vegas on the Yarra: Situating Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex – Leanne Downing 3. Public Screens and the...
Mar 6, 2008 | Digital Media/Internet, Film, Television, Urban Space, Volume 12
Abstract: This article maps and investigates the potential for large electronic screens to contribute to the formation of new modes of civic agency in public space. It examines the ‘Public Space Broadcasting’ project in the UK as an alternative to the...
