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Call for Papers
| Call for Papers Date: | 2012-08-25 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2012-05-22 |
| Announcement ID: |
194699 |
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The Projector: An Electronic Journal on Film, Media, and Culture is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year under the auspices of the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University. The Projector is seeking research-based essays for a special double issue on the B feature or “low-budget” film, studio-produced or independently financed, in any genre or country of origin. A range of possible topics or approaches appears below. This proposed special issue will comprise our Spring 2013 and Fall 2013 issues.
•Industrial contexts of production, financing models, marketing strategies, exhibition outlets (broadcast or cable television, DVD, Internet)
•Historical studies (e.g., Poverty Row, Bryan Foy) or historiographic issues, such as problems of definition
•Reception or audience analyses
•Aesthetic innovations; impact of digital and new media technologies
•Regional production (e.g., Appalshop)
•Cultural, social, historical aspects of B production and reception
•B cinema and cultural hierarchy; “bad cinema” and taste formation; exploitation (e.g., AIP, Troma,John Waters)
•B film labor: the auteur, star, scriptwriter; below-the-line personnel; the producer or financier
•Nonstudio sites of production; the industrial, educational, or training film
•Mumblecore; student films
•The B film/art cinema nexus (e.g., Reichhardt, Bigelow, the Coens, Raimi)
Essays should be sent electronically to both the Guest Editor Heidi Kenaga at kenaga@oakland.edu and General Editor Cynthia Baron at cbaron@bgsu.edu by October 1, 2012. Please send the manuscript in MS Word, using the MLA style of bibliographic citation, with a separate cover sheet containing author and affiliation information. Length: 20-25 pages, excluding cover sheet, Works Cited, and images. Queries should be sent to Heidi Kenaga.
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Dr. Cynthia Baron
Department of Theatre & Film
212 Wolfe Center
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Email: cbaron@bgsu.edu
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