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Introduction: Angela Carter and Japan—A global perspective (2022)
Journal Article
Crofts, C., & Ikoma, N. (2022). Introduction: Angela Carter and Japan—A global perspective. Contemporary Women's Writing, 16(2), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpac027

Since her premature death in 1992, Angela Carter has become recognized as one of the most important writers in the English language, with numerous edited collections, theater adaptations, documentaries, and The Bloody Chamber now on the A-Level sylla... Read More about Introduction: Angela Carter and Japan—A global perspective.

Through the "magic mirror": Adapting Angela Carter's Japanese writings for the silver screen (2022)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2022). Through the "magic mirror": Adapting Angela Carter's Japanese writings for the silver screen. Contemporary Women's Writing, 16(2), 263-282. https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpad001

This article outlines the development of a feature-length screenplay adaptation of Angela Carter’s short story “Flesh and the Mirror,” situating it within a critical discussion of her metaleptic narrative strategies and the challenges of translating... Read More about Through the "magic mirror": Adapting Angela Carter's Japanese writings for the silver screen.

Bristol fashion: Reclaiming Cary Grant for Bristol – Film heritage, screen tourism and curating the Cary Comes Home Festival (2021)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2021). Bristol fashion: Reclaiming Cary Grant for Bristol – Film heritage, screen tourism and curating the Cary Comes Home Festival. Open Screens, 4(2), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.16995/OS.8018

Crofts, C. (2021) ‘Bristol Fashion: Reclaiming Cary Grant for Bristol – Film Heritage, Screen Tourism and Curating the Cary Comes Home Festival’ in submitted to Open Screens. Abstract This article re-examines Cary Grant’s star persona arguing tha... Read More about Bristol fashion: Reclaiming Cary Grant for Bristol – Film heritage, screen tourism and curating the Cary Comes Home Festival.

Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks (2018)
Journal Article
Crofts, C., & Nevill, A. (2018). Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks. Media Practice and Education, 19(3), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2018.1529478

This article outlines current publishing practices in the field of academic filmmaking through a detailed discussion of the development of Screenworks, a peer-reviewed online publication of practice research in screen media. The imperative for academ... Read More about Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks.

Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection (2011)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2011). Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection. Post Script -Jacksonville-, 30(2), 82-98

It has become almost axiomatic to state that the transition to digital technologies represents a momentous period of change for the cinema. As Angelo D’Alessio of the European Digital Cinema Form suggests, “the Cinema industry is confronting unparall... Read More about Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection.

'Digital Decay' (2008)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2008). 'Digital Decay'. Moving Image -Minneapolis-, 8(2), xiii-35. https://doi.org/10.1353/mov.0.0015

The fate of 35mm as an acquisition and exhibition medium is intimately connected with questions of future-proofing, archiving, preservation, and access, which are currently at the foreground of recent debates around screen heritage in the UK. In this... Read More about 'Digital Decay'.

Bluebell, short film and feminist film practice as research: Strategies for dissemination and peer review (2007)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2007). Bluebell, short film and feminist film practice as research: Strategies for dissemination and peer review. Journal of Media Practice, 8(1), 7-24. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.8.1.7_1

This article seeks to reflect on my filmmaking practice through a discussion of my short film Bluebell (2003), situating the film within a theoretical context and providing a ‘route map’ of the practice research process. The film uses the cliché of ‘... Read More about Bluebell, short film and feminist film practice as research: Strategies for dissemination and peer review.

From the ‘hegemony of the eye’ to the ‘hierarchy of perception’: The reconfiguration of sound and image in terrence malick's days of heaven (2001)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2001). From the ‘hegemony of the eye’ to the ‘hierarchy of perception’: The reconfiguration of sound and image in terrence malick's days of heaven. Journal of Media Practice, 2(1), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.2.1.19

Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978) has been hailed as ‘one of the most beautiful films ever made’, but the film's immense cinematic beauty has detracted from the impact of its experimental soundtrack. Drawing on interview material with editor Bi... Read More about From the ‘hegemony of the eye’ to the ‘hierarchy of perception’: The reconfiguration of sound and image in terrence malick's days of heaven.