[ecrea] Three Fully Funded PhD Studentships: Channel 4 and Film / BBC and Film

>The Centre for Cultural and Creative Research 
>(CCCR) at the University of Portsmouth is 
>offering three fully funded PhD studentships. 
>Each relate to aspects of the relationship 
>between television and film culture in Britain:
>
>a) Channel Four Television: Film Policy and Programming
>b) Film Four: A Critical Survey of Sponsored Feature Films
>c) BBC Films: A Critical Survey
>
>The first two are funded by the Arts and 
>Humanities Research Council as part of the 
>project 'Channel 4 Television and British Film 
>Culture' 
>(http://www.port.ac.uk/research/cccr/projects/c4_bfc/). 
>The third is funded by CCCR.
>
>Deadline for all applications is 31 MAY 2010.
>
>Full details concerning contact details, 
>eligibility criteria and the application process 
>can be found at http://www.port.ac.uk/research/cccr/opportunities.
>
>Brief descriptions of these opportunities:
>
>a) Channel Four Television: Film Policy and Programming
>This PhD will provide an institutional study of 
>Channel 4's evolving film policy in terms of its 
>original remit, commissioning ethos and key 
>innovations, and will produce a survey of its 
>provision for film programming. The study 
>affords considerable scope for the student to 
>develop comprehensive expertise in a case study 
>of contemporary media policy. The role would 
>suit a post-graduate student who has an interest 
>and/or experience in television history or media 
>policy, and who is keen to develop research 
>skills in archival work, experience in interview 
>techniques and expertise in digital data-handling.
>
>b) Film Four: A Critical Survey of Sponsored Feature Films
>This PhD will build on existing literature in 
>the field to produce an analytical survey of 
>Channel 4â¬"s commissioned output of original 
>feature films, combining close analysis of key 
>texts with archival research on production and 
>critical and popular reception. This project 
>presents the opportunity to produce a 
>comprehensive critical account of the output of 
>a major sponsor in British film culture. The 
>role would suit a post-graduate student who has 
>an interest and/or experience in British cinema 
>history or film studies, and who is keen to 
>develop research skills in archival work, 
>experience in interview techniques and expertise in digital data-handling.
>
>c) BBC Films: A Critical Survey
>This PhD will produce an analytical survey of 
>the output of BBC Films from the 1980s onwards. 
>It will consider policy, personnel and 
>commissioning strategies, and will present a 
>series of case studies of original feature films 
>sponsored for television broadcast and cinema 
>release. This project offers scope to produce 
>the first comprehensive account of BBC Films 
>output in relation to British film culture of 
>the period. The role would suit a post-graduate 
>student who has an interest and/or experience in 
>British cinema history or film studies, and who 
>is keen to develop research skills in archival 
>work and experience in interview techniques.
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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