Jan 29, 2009 | Comics, fan culture, Older Media, Other, Volume 10
Post-Superheroes: Transcending Media Guest Editor, Wendy Haslem CONTENTS 1. Superhero by Numbers – Lisa Watson and Phil Stocks 2. El Santo: Wrestler, Saint and Superhero – Gabrielle Murray 3. America vs Japan: the Influence of American...
Jan 29, 2009 | Comics, Film, Television, Volume 10
Abstract: This paper reports on results of a statistical analysis correlating superhero characteristics such as powers, motivations, weaknesses, and costumes with commercial viability as represented by comic book sales and number of appearances in new media such as...
Dec 27, 2008 | Animation, Film, Sound, Volume 14
Double Trouble – Special Issue on Split and Double Screens Guest Editors: Tessa Dwyer & Mehmet Mehmet Contents 1. Double Trouble: Editorial – Tessa Dwyer & Mehmet Mehmet 2. The Mosaic-Screen: Exploration and Definition – Sergio Dias Branco 3....
Dec 27, 2008 | Film, Sound, Television, Volume 14
Split screens spell double trouble. This special issue of Refractory is devoted to the dangers of division, the difficulties of duality and the duplicity of the double, not to mention acts of severing, splintering and splicing. Although our call for papers was...
Dec 27, 2008 | Film, Television, Volume 14
Abstract: The split screen is a well-known multi-frame technique used in film, television, and video. This essay focuses on cases in which this denomination seems incorrect, but that are currently classified under the same heading. In these instances, images of...
Dec 27, 2008 | Film, Sound, Volume 14
Abstract: This article focuses on the operation of sound in the split-screen movie. It concentrates, in particular, on instances where the storytelling function of sound is accompanied by the aural exploration of the split screen as a specific spatial form. Different...