All Outputs (4)

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.