All Outputs (8)

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.

Making the pilgrimage: Cary Grant’s hometown, Bristol City of Film (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, October). Making the pilgrimage: Cary Grant’s hometown, Bristol City of Film. Paper presented at Cinema, TV series and tourism conference, 2018, University of Lille

Film tourism extends to paying homage to not only film locations (“set-jetting”), but also to places that have a physical connection to characters, actors and celebrities, including their place of birth. Global film icon Cary Grant, heralded as the “... Read More about Making the pilgrimage: Cary Grant’s hometown, Bristol City of Film.

Getting published (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, April). Getting published. Presented at British association of film, television and screen studies (BAFTSS) annual conference, University of Kent

BAFTSS Postgraduate network workshop and panel discussion: ‘Getting published’

"Nothing sacred”: Translating Angela Carter’s transgressive Japanese writings to film (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, April). "Nothing sacred”: Translating Angela Carter’s transgressive Japanese writings to film. Paper presented at British association of film, television and screen studies (BAFTSS) annual conference, 2018, University of Kent

Angela Carter spent several years in Japan in the late 1960s early 1970s where she claims she "learnt what it is to be a woman and became radicalised". At that time, Japanese culture was undergoing a cultural explosion in response to post-war occupat... Read More about "Nothing sacred”: Translating Angela Carter’s transgressive Japanese writings to film.

Demystifying the REF (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, April). Demystifying the REF. Presented at British association of film, televisions and screen studies (BAFTSS) annual conference, 2018, University of Birmingham

Postgraduate network workshop panel discussion: ‘Demystifying the REF’

Screenworks: Publishing academic film (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, February). Screenworks: Publishing academic film. Presented at Thinking through the visual: A symposium on the intersection between film and research, 2018, University of Essex

Peer review of practice research - Panel discussion (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, January). Peer review of practice research - Panel discussion. Presented at Media, communications and cultural studies association (MeCCSA) annual conference, 2018, London South Bank University

AHRC Filmmaking research network (FRN) panel

Translating cultures: Literary gymnastics and formal hybridity in adapting Angela Carter’s Japanese writings for the screen (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2018, January). Translating cultures: Literary gymnastics and formal hybridity in adapting Angela Carter’s Japanese writings for the screen. Paper presented at Media communications and cultural studies association (MeCCSA) annual conference, 2018, London South Bank University

Angela Carter, one of the best known British writers of the 20th Century, was actively involved with the adaptation of her own work and also wrote directly for radio, film and television (explored in Crofts, 2003). She would have gone on to write mor... Read More about Translating cultures: Literary gymnastics and formal hybridity in adapting Angela Carter’s Japanese writings for the screen.