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TheoFantastique : a meeting place for myth, imagination and mystery on pop culture
http://www.theofantastique.com/
This website, entitled Theo Fantastique, is in a blog format and is written and maintained by John Morehead. The website explores the academic side of the fantastic in pop culture by looking at science fiction, fantasy and horror films, television programmes and other pop culture artefacts. Posts included range from observations, events, film releases, book reviews to interviews. One can search for posts or browse the archive which goes as far back as January 2007. There is also a links section with relevant links to other websites both commercial and academic.
Added: 2009-11-05More details
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
http://www.ialjs.org/
The website of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies gives access to information about the association and its work, as well as useful related resources. The association promotes the "study of literary journalism/literary reportage more so than its practices and is devoted to the teaching and researching of literary journalism and literary journalists throughout the world". The society's aims are forwarded in part by: annual conferences; a peer-reviewed journal "Literary Journalism Studies"; and a newsletter. The site provides details of these conferences, as well as the full text of the association's newsletter (in PDF format), and of Literary Journalism Studies (at the time of writing only the first issue, Spring 2009 is available). As well as the usual details on the association's membership and byelaws, the site also gives a list of related links and a promises a blog in the future. Those working and studying in the fields English and Media Studies would find this resource of interest.
Added: 2009-11-01More details
Transliteracy research group : creative writing and new media archive
http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/transliteracy/index.php/home
This is the website of the Transliteracy Research Group at De Montfort University in the U.K. The website contains a freely accessible archive of 31 guest lectures presented from 2006 to 2009, as part of the M.A. in Creative Writing and New Media at the Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University. Lectures are presented in a variety of file formats, including PDF files. Some are available as Quicktime video, and are accompanied with a text summary and Web links. Example lecture titles include: 'Text as Surface in Immersive 3D Environments'; 'Web 2.0 Narratives'; 'Changing Techniques for a New Medium'; 'Using Digital Storytelling Techniques for Creative Nonfiction'; and 'The Good The Bad and The Ugly: an introduction to writing in games', among others. Lectures are licensed under a Creative Commons licence. There are also profiles of each guest lecturer. There is an associated Transliteracy weblog, linked from the sidebar and top menu.
Added: 2009-10-28More details
[Literary journalism]
http://www.davidabrahamson.com/WWW/IALJS/
Literary Journalism is a part of the website of Professor David Abrahamson, current president of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS). This Web page provides access to current and past issues of the IALJS newsletter 'Literary Journalism' (from the first issue in 2007 onwards), as well as the full texts of some of the pieces of literary journalism cited in each newsletter. The newsletters and articles are available in a mixture of Word document and PDF formats. The page also provides a number of links to other resources relating to the study of literary journalism. This resource would be of interest to those working or studying in the fields of English literature and media studies.
Added: 2009-10-23More details
thechineseroom : adventures in first-person gaming
http://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/
thechineseroom is the website of Dan Pinchbeck, Senior Lecturer in Computer Games and Interactive Media at the University of Portsmouth in the UK. He has been the recipient of AHRC Speculative Research Grant funding, investigating the potential for alternate narratives in first-person perspective videogames. One of the results of this was the critically acclaimed Half Life 2 mod, the ghost story "Dear Esther" (2008). The website contains details of the free "Dear Esther" game, and a link to freely download it and another Half Life 2 storytelling mod called "Korsakovia". The website also has a list of Pinchbeck's research publications, and 12 of these can be freely downloaded from the website in full-text form. Details of Pinchbeck's other projects are also available at the website. This will be an useful resource for those interested in fresh attempts at videogame storytelling, and the application of innovative mods to commercial videogames. Those wishing to experience Pinchbeck's art-games will first need an installed PC copy of Half Life 2 (about £3 second-hand, at October 2009) and should know how to install game mods.
Added: 2009-10-14More details
Colonial film : moving images of the British Empire
http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/news/2009-05-27-colonial.html
This website describes a major AHRC-funded project to bring three collections (those of the British Film Institute, Imperial War Museum, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum) together in a single catalogue, recording some 6000 films offering an insight into colonial history. Films range from commercially-sponsored documentaries, through newsreels, to amateur footage and cover some 75 countries around the world. The website describes the collections in more detail as well as various activities (including conferences, workshops and scholarly publications) associated with the project. The catalogue is due to go online towards the end of 2010.
Added: 2009-10-02More details
Journal of literary theory
http://www.jltonline.de
The website 'Journal of Literary Theory' (or 'JLTonline') is an online version of a print journal published under the same title since 2007 (ISSN 1862-5290). The publication is intended to serve 'as an international platform for different debates in all fields of literary theory'. 'JLTonline' consists of four sections: articles; reviews; conference proceedings; calls for papers. Only selected articles appear in full-text, but all of them are available in abstract. Publication languages are English and German; however, all abstracts are available in English. Some of the past issues focus on 'New Developments in Literary Theory and Related Disciplines', Vol 1, No 1 (2007), or 'Interpretation', Vol 2, No 1 (2008). The topics of forthcoming issues include: 'Theory of Humour', Vol 3, No 2 (2009); 'Literary Studies and Linguistics', Vol 4, No 1 (2010); 'Popular Culture', Vol 4, No 2 (2010). Reviews of studies in literary criticism and theory, including musicology, art theory, and film studies, are available in full-text, in a PDF or HTML format. Similarly, conference proceedings are published in full. Considering its thematic preoccupations and the scope of debates it presents, JLTonline constitutes a valuable resource for students and researchers of literary studies and other media-related disciplines.
Added: 2009-10-01More details
Dicey and Marshall catalogue : edited by R. C. Simmons
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/2418.xml
The Dicey and Marshall Catalogue is an electronic resource which can be downloaded in HTML format from the website of the Oxford Text Archive (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)). The work is an 18th century catalogue of maps, prints, copy-books, drawing-books, histories, ballads, patters, collections, and so forth, printed and sold by Cluer Dicey and Richard Marshall. This 1764 catalogue was probably larger than any catalogue categorising and listing cheap maps, images and texts that had up to then appeared in the British Isles, and as such it is an important source for the study of the lower end of the 18th century book and publishing trade. The only extant physical copy of the catalogue is located at Glasgow University Library. The electronic version is freely accessible, although users are asked to agree to a brief terms and conditions statement before they download the material.
Added: 2009-09-18More details
Two eighteenth-century French periodicals : the Anee Litteraire and the Journal Encyclopedique (1762/3,1773/4,1783/4) : a quantitative study
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=952
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Two Eighteenth-Century French Periodicals : the Anee Litteraire and the Journal Encyclopedique (1762/3,1773/4,1783/4) : a Quantitative Study' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. To provide quantitative data upon which to base an evaluation of the French Enlightenment and of the climate of opinion in France between 1762 and 1787. The basis of the study is an exhaustive examination of two eighteenth century French periodicals. Variables: Journal, year, number of pages of each entry, author, type of entry (book review, article, letter, poem, announcement, news, anecdote), subject matter, whether excerpted, whether translated, language, nature/work, word frequency (words appearing in the titles of books reviewed).
Added: 2009-09-18More details
Sounds of early cinema in Britain
http://projects.beyondtext.ac.uk/soundsearlycinema/
This website describes an AHRC-funded research project consolidating knowledge of the role of sound and music in early silent cinema in Britain. The project aims to host two workshops and two conferences (including parallel film screenings with musical accompaniment) bringing together scholars interested in the sonic and musical practices associated with different methods of film exhibition in cinema's early history - which ranged from fairgrounds to purpose built theatres. The project attempts to assess whether British practice was significantly different from that elsewhere, and the extent to which it varied regionally and between urban and rural locations. The website includes details of the conferences and workshops, including some abstracts of presentations.
Added: 2009-09-17More details
Florida digital newspaper library
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?c=fdnl1
This website, from the Florida Digital Newspaper Library (FDNL) and part of the University of Florida Digital Collections, provides free online access to current Floridian newspapers from 2005 to present as well as a number of historical newspapers. There are, as of September 2009, over 800,000 zoom-able pages available through the library, covering a number of important local news stories. The collection can be searched using a number of methods, or browsed by 'new items' or 'all items'. This is a highly useful website for those interested in Florida, its past, and its people.
Added: 2009-09-15More details
Bruce Weber : gone fishing
http://www.sundancechannel.com/bruce-weber/
This is a new 2009 Sundance Channel online exhibition and website for the photographer and film-maker Bruce Weber (1946-). It is the first such website, and includes biographical details, photos, videos, and a music playlist selected by Weber. Weber is widely known for his influential and controversial photographic work with Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch, Versace, Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, and Interview, among others. He has also made feature films, documentaries, and pop videos. Two of his most acclaimed short films are made freely available online in full: 'Being Boring' and 'You Feel Me', both made for The Pet Shop Boys. This is a useful and reliable website on a major photographer and film-maker, one who has had considerable contemporary cultural impact especially in the portrayal of youths and youth culture, and as such it will be of interest to a range of creative students and faculty.
Added: 2009-09-11More details
STARS : semantic tools for screen arts research project
http://stars.blogs.ilrt.org/
This is the demonstration website for STARS (Semantic Tools for Screen Arts Research Project). Run from the University of Bristol, STARS is funded by JISC to develop: this demonstrator online system; an extended open source tool for searching distributed data sources (including multimedia) for the visualisation, replay and annotation of screen-based arts media in context; a review of existing practices and technologies used for screen arts media databases; and an analysis of options for resource retrieval across file-sharing systems. The project ran for 18-months, and concluded in July 2009. There is also an associated weblog which contains documentation, a profile of the project and its staff, reports of demonstration workshops with images, and a link to the main STARS online demonstration project. STARS will be of interest to those researching semantic approaches to image and screen arts databases.
Added: 2009-09-11More details
Conversations with ADD
http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/blog/Conversations%20with%20ADD_print.pdf
'Conversations with ADD: the comics interviews of Alan David Doane' (2009) is a free 300 page ebook anthology of nearly 70 interviews with creators of comic books and graphic novels. Originally published in Comic Book Galaxy and The Comics Journal, the interviews are collected here for the first time. Those interviewed include: Chester Brown; Howard Chaykin; Steven Grant; Tony Isabella; Harvey Pekar; Dave Sim; and Barry Windsor-Smith, among many others. Interviews were conducted after 2000. The ebook is in PDF format. This will be a useful free resource for those seeking an insight into the creative methods and working conditions of those in the comics industry in the U.S.A. and U.K.
Added: 2009-09-10More details
Film literature index
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
This is the website for the Film Literature Index (FLI). The FLI annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000 citations to film, television and video articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001. One can search the database by keyword, production title or person. There is also an advanced search function to limit results. One can also browse the database by subject headings, person names, production titles or corporate names. This would be a useful tool for researchers interested in film.
Added: 2009-09-09More details
Costume designs by Boris Bilinsky and others
http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/Casanova/
This is the website of the special collection on ‘costume designs by Boris Bilinsky and others’ located in the special collections of the University of Calgary Library, Canada. The collection contains images on designs created by the Russian costume designer Boris Bilinsky for theatre and film. Examples include images of designs created by Bilinsky for Alexandre Volkoff’s film Casanova (1927) and designs for Henri Fescourt’s film Monte-Cristo (1929). There are also other images of costume designs attributed to Bilinski. There are also images on designs created by Italian costume designer Marcel Escoffier for the film ‘Les aventures de Casanova’ (1946) by Jean Boyer. Each entry contains information about the image, the actor or actress name, the date and materials.
Added: 2009-09-06More details
Knowledge exchange : collaborative innovation between the BBC and academia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/knowledgeexchange/
This blog charts the development of the joint AHRC-BBC knowledge transfer partnership, which brought together broadcasting production teams and academic to explore new approaches to BBC content, ranging from the development of virtual world for children, to research into user generated content in the news. The blog comprises posts from those involved and charts the experiences of what was a new way of working for both sides.
Added: 2009-09-04More details
Computer baroque
http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_project/computer_baroque/baroque
Launched in March 2009 at Tate Modern in London, 'Computer Baroque' is an online archival collection of exemplary and innovative short films, all made using computer animation between 1982 and 1995. 15 short films from this period are freely available to view on the website, and are presented using Flash video. Films are accompanied by substantial curatorial notes by curator Richard Wright. The collection aims to represent a period... "in which computer animation was the focus for audacious and exuberant experiments across all areas of new media, art and technology". A short essay on the exhibition, 'Computer Baroque: Computer animation 1982–1995 by Richard Wright', can be found in the right-hand sidebar or by clicking Writings / Essays on the sidebar of the Animate Projects website. This website is an interesting and stimulating insight into the early years of the creative use of computer animation.
Added: 2009-08-31More details
Syd Mead
http://www.sydmead.com/
This is the official website of illustrator and conceptual artist and designer Syd Mead (b.1933), who worked on futurist films such as 'Blade Runner', 'Aliens', and 'TRON'. As well as film design Mead is also known for automotive and industrial design. The website has biographical information in the form of a chronology and examples of his work under 'Features'. The website also has examples of his cartoons. There is information on his film work and anime as well as links to radio interviews that can be downloaded. Various products relating to Mead, such as DVDs can be purchased through the site. It is also possible to subscribe to a free newsletter.
Added: 2009-08-31More details
BBC archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/
This is the official public website for the British Broadcasting Corporation archives. It offers small... "themed collections of radio and TV programmes, documents and photographs" from the BBC archives. Launched in 2009, this free website currently offers 21 collections, including: The outbreak of the Second World War; George Orwell at the BBC; Looking back to the Apollo lunar missions; Margaret Thatcher's journey from Finchley to Downing Street; and Personal accounts of the Holocaust, among others. Collections usually have around 30 items in each. Broadcasts are presenting using Flash video, and each is accompanied by a short written synopsis. Also available on the website are video interviews with the BBC archivists, including heads of the BBC Written Archives, Sound Archives, Photographic Library, and Television Archive. Videos are only available to view if one has an IP address located within the British Isles, apparently due to copyright issues. Overseas users should use a simple proxy to access the website, as they do to access the BBC iPlayer.
Added: 2009-08-31More details
Bibliothèque du film (BIFI)
http://www.bifi.fr/
This is the website of the Bibliotheque du Film (BIFI), based in Paris, which is the equivalent of the BFI Library in London. In 2005 it moved to a new site at rue de Bercy and contains the screening rooms of the Cinematheque Francaise and an exhibition space. The nearest metro is Bercy, southeast Paris.The BIFI contains books, periodicals, and a VHS/DVD collection. There is also a stills collection. The special collections section (Espace chercheurs) is only open in the afternoon, and booking needs to be made in advance. Since 1996 the collection's mission has been to provide information about films to anybody interested. The website has a current events section as well as information about the collections and services. There are links to cinema sites worldwide, an index of cinema critics and historians, and a thematic index to films. There are downloadable instruction guides to finding films in the collection and through the internet, as well as online exhibitions and multimedia shows.
Added: 2009-08-31More details
International journal of education and development using information and communication technology
http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/
The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) is a full text freely available electronic journal. Its aim is to strengthen links between research and practice in ICT in education and development in less developed parts of the world, particularly in rural and remote regions of developing countries. The 'Research Articles' section contains academic, peer-reviewed articles. There is a 'From the Field' section for editorially reviewed and peer commented (but not peer reviewed) case studies and descriptive articles. The 'Research in Progress' section is for descriptions of research not yet completed, and a 'Project Sheets' section is for brief descriptions of projects. 'Notes from the Field' is for working papers and there are also literature, book and media reviews. As well as the current issue there is an archive going back to 2005. There is a link to the Distance Learning in Developing Countries website, a blog, and a members' login.
Added: 2009-08-31More details
Literary and dramatic readings and adaptations
www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/LiteratureVid.html
The online resource 'Literary and Dramatic Readings and Adaptations', provided by the Media Resources Center (MRC), University of California, Berkeley, is a database of films based on works of drama and literature. It is an impressive collection of titles that represent both English and World literature, including early adaptations from the beginning of the 20th century as well as the latest productions. The database can be searched, or browsed, by the title and author of the book. Browser results are sorted alphabetically, each entry providing information on the author's full name, title of the book, and the film if these two are different, the director, year of production, and a link to credits provided by the Internet Movie Database. This MRC resource also lists other related websites maintained by the Center, for instance, 'Poets and Poetry: Videos and Sound Recordings', 'Beat Generation Audio and Video Resources' or 'French History and Culture'. 'Literary and Dramatic Readings and Adaptations' database can be useful to students and researchers of film and literature, providing them with information on existing adaptations of given works of drama and literature, as well as to librarians in search of related bibliographic material.
Added: 2009-08-30More details
Delia Derbyshire : electronic music pioneer
http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/
Delia Derbyshire was a British pioneer of electronic music, most notable for her work for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and the co-authoring of the famous Doctor Who theme with Ron Grainer. This official 2008 website contains a wealth of information about Derbyshire's life and music. There is a short biography, a history of Unit Delta Plus, details of album and track re-releases, a discography, and eight music clips with annotation. This website provides a useful and authorised introduction to an important figure in the evolution of 20th century British music.
Added: 2009-08-30More details
Platform : journal of media and communication
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/
'Platform: journal of media and communication' is a full-text graduate ejournal, published online from the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The first issue of Platform was published in July 2009, and each issue is freely available online in the form of a single PDF file. Example articles in the first issue include: 'Reconceptualising Time and Space in the Era of Electronic Media and Communications'; 'Presumed Innocent: The Paradox of Coming of Age and the Problem of Youth Sexuality in Lolita and Thirteen'; and 'Constructing European Identity through Mediated Difference: A Content Analysis of Turkey's E.U. Accession Process in the British Press', among others. The journal also publishes interviews, and plans to add reviews and a gallery at a later date. The website has full details of the Editorial and Advisory Boards, and the submissions process.
Added: 2009-08-29More details
[Jodi]
http://www.jodi.org/
Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans, a Dutch / Belgian couple living in California - whose first names form the word 'jodi' - are net art pioneers. They have worked with photography, video and performance art, however, now they present their work on the Internet and via CD-ROM. They are interested in the relationship between modern digital technology and our ability or otherwise to deal with it. Jodi bring what normally occurs in the background to the surface of their Web pages: computer crashes, error messages, computer programs dissolving into nothing and so on. This website, then, is a series of black blank applet windows randomly jogging about on the screen, rendering the user apparently useless - causing confusion, but forcing the user to find a solution.
Added: 2009-08-29More details
Corby & Baily
http://www.reconnoitre.net/
Corby & Baily (also known as Reconnoitre.net) is the website for the projects of new media artists Gavin Baily and Tom Corby. The earliest project that they undertook was 'untitled' in 1996. Since then they have worked on 'Reconnoitre' (1997-1999), 'loop_reprise' (2001), 'mesh', sponsored by Arts Council England, Sciart, NESTA and The Wellcome Trust in 2001, 'gameboy_ultraF_uk' (2001-2002), 'die-text' (2005), and more recently 'cyclone.soc'. Information is provided about each project and in some cases there is the opportunity to view images or movie clips of the project (which requires Windows Media Player) and to download the application. The website also gives information about exhibitions where Corby & Baily have exhibited their work and awards that they have received, artist biographies and links to digital artists' and organisations' websites.
Added: 2009-08-29More details
John Johnson collection of printed ephemera : trades and professions prints
http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/JJTP.html
This database is a digital record of the Trades and Professions prints subject section of the John Johnson Collection of Printed ephemera at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. There are around 830 images, which include a large sequence from Laroon's Cries of London. The John Johnson Collection was assembled by John de Monins Johnson (1882-1956) who was inspired by his work as a papyrologist in Egypt to rescue Britain's immediate paper heritage. Johnson subsequently worked at the Oxford University Press. The Collection was transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Oxford University Press in 1968, since when both old and modern ephemera have been added to it. There are in excess of one million items which span the 16th to 20th centuries. The Collection is strongest in 19th and early 20th century ephemera, with significant holdings in the 18th century.
Added: 2009-08-27More details
In a cold crater : cultural and intellectual life in Berlin, 1945-1948
http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft6n39p125;query=;brand=ucpress
In a cold crater: cultural and intellectual life in Berlin, 1945-1948 is an e-book by Wolfgang Schivelbusch first published in 1998 that is freely available on the eScholarship Editions platform of the University of California Press. The book deals with culture, including music, theatre, flim and radio, in Berlin in the years immediately following the Second World War. The book is divided into a number of chapters that cover the following topics: Berlin before the war and cultural aspects in the city at the time; what happened during the war; what happened with theatres and actors during the war and the period immediately afterward; the 'Kulturbund'; film; radio. The book is available in HTML format and it is also possible to search within the book.
Added: 2009-08-14More details
Scambi project
http://www.scambi.mdx.ac.uk/
This is the website for an AHRC-funded project, investigating electro-acoustic music's use of 'open' forms, with particular reference to the period 1950-1980. The project takes its name from th e 1958 composition 'Scambi' by Henri Pousseur, which demonstrates 'open' forms, that is allowing the "re-ordering of sections within a musical composition at either local or global structural levels". One of the project's key outcomes will be new versions of Scambi, both continuing and extending the composer's original plan. Other outcomes will be determined by different team member's interests, but will include a monograph, a symposium, seminars and the examination of other works by Pousseur. Additionally, the project interviewed Pousseur in 2004. The website includes documents and papers published by the project to date as well as sound files (mp3) of Scambi.
Added: 2009-08-13More details
Recoveries of the real : new Argentine and Brazilian cinema in the global image-world
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/cilavs/research/cinema-network
This website describes an AHRC-funded project which connects academics from Argentina, Brazil, USA and UK, to explore the emergence of a new tendency in Latin American cinema, that is the concern with "the real and with the peculiar indexical qualities of the filmic sound-image", mapping these concerns tew film theory and a conception of a counter-hegemonic world cinema. The website provides more details on the project's objectives, includes a list of useful Argentine and Brazilian cinema resources as well as details of workshops and symposia associated with the project.
Added: 2009-08-07More details
London on film festival
http://www.londononfilmfestival.org.uk/
The London on Film festival is an event which takes place in June on an annual basis. The aim of the festival is to promote cinema exploring the City of London, and its vast mix of cultures. The current festival is based on the themes of Who? What? When? Where? and Why?, and examines the capital's personality through its representation on film. The website provides full details about the festival, and includes a detailed programme of the events taking place, including kids' events, the festival venue and how to obtain tickets.
Added: 2009-07-30More details
Jazz on film
http://www.jazzonfilm.com/
'Jazz on film' is a resource created by Brian 'Joe' Spibey, which aims to provide a comprehensive listing of where jazz musicians can be seen and heard on film. The resource contains listings of documentaries, feature films and television programmes featuring jazz musicians, with brief bibliographic details, including the length of the programme, director etc. Sections of the website are divided into headings including Directors; Documentaries; Posters; Shorts; Images; Feature films; Television; All black cast and Women in Jazz. There is also a News section providing details of DVD releases and jazz on film events, and an alphabetical listing of jazz musicians, and their appearances on film. The site is available in both Flash and non-flash versions.
Added: 2009-07-30More details
One race global film foundation
http://www.oneraceglobalfilmfoundation.org/
'One Race Global Film Foundation' is a non-profit organisation founded by actor Vin Diesel, with the objective of "fostering the growth of diverse national and international voices in under-served communities within the global entertainment industry". By providing education and training in film, video and new media production, the organisation provides students with hands-on experience in writing, producing, directing and acting. The Foundation provides an intensive summer programme, enabling students to learn every aspect of the filmmaking process. The website provides details about the Foundation and its aims, in addition to providing access to a selection of online films created by students. Other features of the website include information on recent shoots, details of training programmes run by the Foundation, and a News Archive.
Added: 2009-07-30More details
Northern exposure
http://northern-exposure.info/
This is the website for Northern Exposure, a database of personnel working in the media production and creative industries, and located in the North of England. The result of a collaboration between Northern Film & Media, Northwest Vision & Media, and Screen Yorkshire, the database showcases crew, facilities, creative and digital talent from Northern England. At present, over 3000 entries are listed. Free registration is required in order to search the database. The website provides information about the service, and details of how to get listed in the database, and how to edit your entry. Other features include a 'Talent Focus' section which highlights different creatives listed in the database, changing on a monthly basis.
Added: 2009-07-30More details
BFI National Film and Television Archive
http://www.bfi.org.uk/nftva/
This website describes the British Film Institute (BFI)’s national archive. Described as one of the “world's greatest collections of film and television” the archive’s focus (and majority of its holding) is on material of British origin or related to British actors and directors, but it includes items of international significance. The archive contains “50,000 fiction films, over 100,000 non-fiction titles and around 625,000 television programmes” ranging from silent newsreels to 3D film. The ‘Portrait of the Collection’ part of the site gives an overview of the collection, with sections such as ‘Television’; ‘Non-fiction’; and ‘Artists’ moving image’, and includes information on accessing the collection. The website also explains the history and work of the archive (which includes preservation and sharing of material with the public) as well as current major projects related to the celebrated Mitchell and Kenyon collection and work to restore Charlie Chaplin’s output.
Added: 2009-07-22More details
Art of Penguin science fiction
http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/
'The Art of Penguin Science Fiction' is a website showcasing the history Penguin Books' science fiction cover art. The site is navigated initially visually, from a homepage consisting of thumbnails of the book covers. Once users have navigated away from the homepage, the site takes on more of the structure of a book, with covers and descriptions available via an index or a contents list. The site focuses mainly on the period 1935 - 1977, dividing this into design phases, with a general introduction to all, and a specific introduction to each phase. Covers are shown as small images, accompanied by a brief explanation contextualising the design or artwork within the main history. Covers can be viewed by title as well as within historical context, making it easy to compare designs across the decades. This is a site that would appeal to students or teachers of graphic design, as well as publishing history.
Added: 2009-07-11More details
Pawfal
http://www.pawfal.org/
This is the website of Pawfal. Pawfal is the creation of net artists 'Dan' and 'Dave' as a place to put their computer art, computer music and computer software. Pawfal is now 10 years old. It runs on its own wiki software (Pawfaliki), and has grown to include audio, visuals, and open source software. Pawfal is a wiki, and anyone may add content. The project now contains work by a number of contributors. There is an 'about' section. There is also 'Pawfal Projects', where there are sub-sections dedicated to software art, research, and computer hardware (there are free downloads of open source programs and other material). There is also an 'Events' section listing meetings and performances. Pawfal is particularly useful to those wishing to find out more about free software culture.
Added: 2009-07-07More details
Videotage
http://www.videotage.org.hk/
This is the website of Videotage. Videotage is a non-profit interdisciplinary artist collective, which focuses on the development of video and new media art in Hong Kong. Founded in 1986, Videotage began as a facilitator for collaborative time-based projects offering support to artists in the form of labour, equipment for production and post-production, and the exchange of ideas. Videotage has since expanded to include publications, education, exhibitions, performances and screenings. The website contains an 'about' section, information about past, present and future events and projects (a video plugin may be required). There is also information about services such as the loan of equipment. There are a number of links to sites of interest.
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stot
http://www.stot.org/
This is the website of 'stot': stot is a not-for-profit contemporary art platform which offers links to international galleries, festivals, fairs, biennials, publications, and residencies. There is an extensive section devoted to new media, with features on artists and galleries. There are also exhibitions of work by emerging and established artists. There is the opportunity to submit links to stot (these are assessed by the stot team). The website is divided into sections including 'Galleries', 'Festivals', and 'New Media'. In each there is extensive data and news. The website is a useful resource for the contemporary art and new media scene.
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NetBehaviour : a networked artists' community
http://www.netbehaviour.org/
This is the website of NetBehaviour. NetBehaviour is an open email list, a community for sharing ideas, posting events and opportunities for those interested in the area of "networked distributed creativity". NetBehaviour aims to facilitate collaborations between artists, academics, writers, curators, and others working in New Media. The website contains 'Whispers', a collection of links to user created projects. There is an Archive of postings to the email list. There is also 'Residences', an online networked residency for artists, curators, and writers created by users of the NetBehaviour list, which includes texts, images, film and animations. Visitors are invited to subscribe and join NetBehaviour.
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Dyne
http://dyne.org/
This is the website of Netherlands based free software organisation Dyne. Dyne is a network of developers, 'hackers' and software activists. Their aim is to make public software to encourage freedom of expression: dyne.org is "a free software atelier, a portal to Digital Creation and Media Art". Dyne collaborators include "radio makers, humanitarian organizations, video artists, medical researchers, media activists and educators". As such they are committed to openness, knowledge sharing and freedom of creation on a not for profit basis. The website contains links to free software downloads, events, and links to sister organisations. Visitors are encouraged to join and participate in the development of free software culture.
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Objectified : a documentary film by Gary Hustwit
http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/
This is the website for Objectified, a documentary film about our "complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them". The website has a synopsis of the film, list of people that it features and credits, as well as an introduction from the director, Gary Hustwit. A trailer can be viewed on the website, but requires Flash plug-in. There is a blog detailing events and news regarding Objectified on the website as well as a screenings section, with details of where the film will be shown. Users can sign up to a mailing list for newsletters about the film.
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Museo bodoniano
http://www.museobodoni.beniculturali.it/
This is the website of the "Museo Bodoniano" [Giambattista Bodoni Museum] in Parma, Italy. The Museum is dedicated to Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) and his work as printer and typographer. The website presents a short history of the Museum and a description of its collections, which include rare samples of Bodonian editions, correspondence, typographic types, punches and matrices. Additionally available is a bibliography of works related to the institution. A section of the website includes a biography of Giambattista Bodoni and an extensive bibliography. The Museo Bodoniano, inaugurated in 1963 to mark the 150th anniversary of Bodoni's death, is the oldest Italian museum of printing. The Museum is a corporate member of the Association of European Printing Museums (AEPM) and the "Associazione Italiana dei Musei della Stampa e della Carta [Italian Museums of Printing and Paper Association]. The website - available in Italian only - offers detailed information on past and forthcoming related events and exhibitions.
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Satire in film
http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/satire/
The Satire in Film website was produced to accompany an introductory course in satire in films at Miami University run until 2006 by Professor Richard Erlich. The website contains information about the course, materials, readings and films. Under readings, one can view short bibliographies and information on the following films: Slaughterhouse Five; Starship Troopers; 1984; Brave New World; Gattaca; Fight Club. The section ‘films’ has a list of films and general information covering cast lists and comments and questions to encourage further research. Films include Excalibur, Month Python and the Holy Grail and South Park. There is a useful set of links. It looks like the website has not been updated recently but it would still be useful to film students with an interest on satire.
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artcornwall.org
http://www.artcornwall.org/
artcornwall.org is an online journal for contemporary art and artists in and near Cornwall. The website has feature articles, reviews and profiles, and will accept submissions by email. One section contains interviews with creatives in either transcript form, audio recordings or films, which require Flash plug-in to be viewed. There is also a 'Web projects' space, which is an online exhibition space featuring the site-specific or internet-based work of selected Cornwall-based artists. A 'Gazeteer' on the website features an interactive map of Cornwall with information about artists, activities and history of each area. Other content on the website includes a forum for registered users, an archive of past content and a links page of artists groups and organisations in Cornwall.
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Opticon1826
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/opticon1826/currentissue
Opticon1826 is an full-text postgraduate ejournal, published from University College London. At July 2009 there are six issues online, freely offering editorials as HTML files and articles as PDF files. Creative work, commentaries, and research notes are also published. There is no statement of scope, but judging by the first six issues the journal mixes literary and film analysis with examinations of the ethics inherent in biomedical technology, third-world development, and the contemporary workplace. Example article titles of interest to those in the humanities include: 'Writing the Unthinkable: Narrative, the Bomb and Nuclear Holocaust'; 'It’s all about the Money? Issues for the Regulation of Genetic Testing'; 'A Spectral Turn around Venice: following in the footsteps of John Ruskin'; 'Monstrosity, Anxiety and the Real: Representations of the Victorian Metropolis in David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man'; 'Scopic Regime and Organised Walking: A Typological Study on the Modern Museum'; and 'Multilingual London and its Literatures', among others. There are details of the editors and Editorial Board, the faculty reviewers, and the submissions process.
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Cultural science
http://www.cultural-science.org/
Cultural Science is a full-text ejournal published from the Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at Queensland University of Technology, under the editorship of the noted media and cultural studies researcher John Hartley. At June 2009 there are two issues online, with articles freely available as HTML pages or PDF files. Example article titles include: 'Creativity and Cultural Production: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Creativity Through an Ethnographic Study of Songwriting'; 'Amateur Content Production, Networked Innovation and Innovation Policy'; 'Identity Economics and the Creative Economy'; and 'Creative Destruction: Lessons for Science and Innovation Policy from the Rise of the Creative Industries', among others. There are basic contact details for the editor, but no details of an Editorial Board or Advisory Board.
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Carlos Saura : página oficial
http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/saura/
The official website of the Spanish film director Carlos Saura is part of the culture portal 'ClubCultura.com', by the retail chain Fnac. Together with a biography of the director, there are some comments by Saura himself on his idea of cinema. For his abundant filmography there are: synopses; technical information; images; and cast and crew lists. The site also has an active forum, and for the followers of Saura there is a news section with up-to-date notes on his ongoing work. Although the site is somewhat limited in content, it will be useful for those wanting to have access to Saura's list of movies and biographical information.
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3Cmedia
http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/
'3CMedia: journal of community, citizen's, and third sector media of communication' is a full-text ejournal on the topic of community media. Published by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, 3CMedia freely offers articles in PDF format. At June 2009 there are four issues online, dating from 2005 to 2008. Example article titles include: 'Iranian youth online: identity between traditional and modern lifestyles'; 'Community media in the prosumer era'; 'A comparison of new British community radio stations with established Australian community radio stations'; and 'A balancing act: entrepreneurship in community media', among others. The first issue of the Australian Community Broadcasting Series may also be found on the same website. 3CMedia will be a useful resource for those engaged with community and social media.
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