All Outputs (558)

Film is digital (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation of practice research project on the impact of digital technologies on feature film production

Wargaming and computer games: Fun with the future (2008)
Book Chapter

An essay exploring the historical influence of wargaming on contemporary computer gaming and the philosophical implications of this.

Little jesuses and fuck-off robots: On aesthetics, cybernetics, and not being very good at Lego Star Wars (2008)
Book Chapter

The Outsider: Anthony Simmons (2008)
Journal Article

This interview with veteran British Film director Anthony Simmons gives an account of Simmons’ career in the context of a declining industry in the 1970s. It offers previously unknown production background to films such as Black Joy and The Optimists... Read More about The Outsider: Anthony Simmons.

Simulating the public sphere (2008)
Book Chapter

In this chapter I argue that formatted reality television game shows like Big Brother (Channel 4 2000 - ) and popular TV documentary formats like Wife Swap (Channel Four 2002 -) and Faking It (Channel Four 1999 -) might be best understood as simula... Read More about Simulating the public sphere.

Digital futures: Digital decay (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Lecture to the MA Screen Studies unit in Specialised Cinema Exhibition on the impact of digital technology on feature film exhibition and distribution.

Music city - do it, dare it, chance it (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition presents selected works from the Song Archive Project in Europe, Iran and the USA from the past six years. The exhibition provided a method to explore significant themes relevant to each location, creating a series of autonomous projec... Read More about Music city - do it, dare it, chance it.

Death; A minor annoyance or an invitation to play? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Games involve a lot of death, it’s hard to play games without encountering death in some format. But what does death mean in the context of games? This paper seeks to explore death firstly as a concept internally in games and also use various phenome... Read More about Death; A minor annoyance or an invitation to play?.

Horror and Aesthetics (2008)
Book

DVD review: Rene Laloux's Fantastic Planet (2008)
Journal Article

A review of the DVD release of Rene Laloux’s SF animated feature. Considers the nature of animation as a distinct cinematic form.

Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Using the work of Otto Neurath, this paper considers theory as a material social practice. Some scholars see in Neurath’s work a ‘naïve’ belief in the possibility of the clear, unambiguous, transmission of facts untainted by their material support. Y... Read More about Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath.

As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film? (2008)
Journal Article

Interactive film form has been conceived of in terms of branching; multi-linear narratives predominantly drawing on the mechanics of the computer games industry. Interactive engagements produced within this framework have failed to revolutionise eith... Read More about As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film?.

Book review: Hafez, K. The myth of media globalization (2008)
Journal Article

This is a book review of a book about globalization in relation to media.

The (mal)content generation: media practice in the digital environment (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In my role as Practice Section chair of MeCCSA I organised and chaired this panel bringing practice researchers and teachers together to discuss the impact of digital "content" on the field of media practice teaching and research.

Teaching documentary to the digital generation (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reflected upon the particular benefits of teaching documentary production to the (mal)content generation, ultimately suggesting that this genre still provides ample opportunity for students to engage with a wide range of social, ethical an... Read More about Teaching documentary to the digital generation.

Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative (2008)
Journal Article

This article outlines work in progress in relation to a collaborative project between me as a multimedia designer and Oxford anthropologist, Professor Wendy James. The aim of the collaboration is to explore new possibilities for using digital media t... Read More about Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative.

MeiGeist (2008)
Other

The Alternate Reality Game funded by this AHRC Knowledge Catalyst Award presented a science-fiction narrative, set in the present day, in which the audience plays a key role in progressing and participating in the story. The audience or 'players' con... Read More about MeiGeist.

The Home Office in chaos: Refugee and asylum discourse in British broadcast news (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The coverage of issues related to refugees and asylum seekers on British television news is frequently used as an example of a political system in crisis. The paper highlight potential repercussions arising out of this discursive positioning.

Blueboard: Story of a creative media residency project: 4 companies / 11 schools (2008)
Book

This publication offers an introduction to some ways in which partnership work between creative media practitioners and schools, can enhance the learning opportunties of children and young people. The Blueboard publication aims to share the key lear... Read More about Blueboard: Story of a creative media residency project: 4 companies / 11 schools.

Consequences and coincidences: A case study of experimental play in media literacy (2008)
Journal Article

This article will discuss the way children across three schools in Bristol, United Kingdom have been engaged in a unique short film experiment. The video project they were involved with aimed to inspire the young participants to actively consider not... Read More about Consequences and coincidences: A case study of experimental play in media literacy.