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...
Dec 27, 2008 | Film, Television, Volume 14
Abstract: The embedded screen is a key feature of contemporary film and television texts featuring ‘terrorism’. Recurring chronotopes in these narratives, such as the control room and television news programmes, present us with frames within frames that have two...
Dec 27, 2008 | Film, Volume 14
Abstract: This article suggests that the representational themes and strategies of The Dark Mirror find resonance on many discursive and disciplinary levels. It argues that the film responds to popular post-war debates regarding cinema, gender, psychology, and their...
