This session turns to the visual world to explore the themes of virtues and vices through the concept of ‘taste.’ What is deemed as worthy?
Video Category: Cinematography
Borders, Boundaries & Bodies: Exploring Cosmopolitanism in and across Iranian Cinema Â
In this talk we’ll travel to contemporary Iranian cinema, to explore the ways borders, boundaries, and bodies intersect to get us to think about collectivity.
The On-Screen Anti-Hero
This session will consider the rising popularity of the anti-hero across film and television and to some extent, computer gaming.
Idols, Icons and Stars: Exploring Visual Activism Across Film and Media
In this talk, we’ll discuss idols as fictional characters, celebrities and public figures behind important political and social moments, from Hollywood’s #metoo all the way to Iran’s woman, life, freedom movement.
Childhood on Screen: Exploring Allegories in Iranian and World Cinema
In this talk, we look at the number of ways in which filmmakers from all over the world use the child figure to explore society and culture.
Death of the Sitcom?
This session will explore the role streaming services play in televised comedy and whether the concept and impact of the sitcom remains significant or a relegation of nostalgia.  Â
From Giggles to Insight: Comedy’s Role in Tackling Tough Topics
From Giggles to Insight: Comedy’s Role in Tackling Tough Topics
(Un)Hidden Sexuality in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948)
This session will discuss the use of metaphor throughout Rope along with Hitchcock’s concurrently advanced and adverse representations of queer characters, which are simultaneously progressive for having centre- stage but also problematic for being villainous.
The Un(comfortableness) of the Point-of-View Shot in Cinema and Gaming
The session will explore how the awkward point of view shot contributes towards an awkward character type.
Pleasure and Pain in Cult Cinema – A Case Study in ‘The Wicker Man’
This talk will consider the ways in which audiences and fans of the film 'The Wicker Man' have spent the past fifty years trying to understand every aspect of how this remarkable film came into being.
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