[ecrea] CFP: Special issue of The Soundtrack on ‘Sound and Music in Emerging Audiovisual Media’

*Special issue of /The Soundtrack/ on ‘Sound and Music in Emerging 
Audiovisual Media’*

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At a time when technology routinely alters audiovisual media at the 
levels of production, distribution and reception, this theme issue of 
/The Soundtrack/ will consider the impact of the digital landscape on 
the various relationships between sound, music and moving images. The 
issue aims to bring together scholars and practitioners with expertise 
in sound studies, digital media and music, in order to explore topics 
such as: tech-influenced developments in the music video, the emergence 
of the ‘visual album’ format, and sound quality on streaming platforms 
and in virtual reality and reworked media.


For example, how does the recent popularity of lip-syncing as 
entertainment fit with previous models of audiovisual synchronisation? 
Does this trend, which includes viral YouTube videos and the show /Lip 
Sync Battle/ (2015—), complicate previous scholarship on the 
relationship between the voice and the body on the soundtrack, such as 
Rick Altman’s (1980) analysis of ‘cinema as ventriloquism’? What is the 
sonic impact of the shift towards consuming moving image media on sites 
such as Netflix, and using laptops and portable devices? How have 
technological developments facilitated a new wave of music videos; such 
as Björk’s 360-degree virtual reality video for ‘Stonemilker’ (2015)? 
And why, in the words of Sony Interactive’s audio director, Garry 
Taylor, can badly implemented audio ‘seriously hinder people’s 
acceptance of their virtual reality’?


Reflecting on these changes, articles will ideally reassess the 
relevance of conclusions previously drawn about the links between sound, 
music and moving images, while using broader theories of technology and 
digital culture to develop modified approaches for analysing these 
links. Authors are welcome to generate their own research topic, 
although submissions which address the following subjects are 
particularly encouraged:


-         New trends in audiovisual synchronisation

-         New developments in the music video

-         The relationship between ‘visual albums’ and cinema

-         Sound and digital streaming

-         Sound and reworked media, such as audiovisual essays*
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*-*Sound and virtual reality

*Submissions: *


Please send abstracts of 300-400 words and a short bio to guest editor, 
Jennifer O’Meara, at (emergingaudiovisualmedia /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(emergingaudiovisualmedia /at/ gmail.com)>by August 10^th 2016.


Expressions of interest and inquiries regarding potential topics are 
also welcome.


Full articles should be 6,000-8,000 words in length.

*About /The Soundtrack/: *

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/The Soundtrack/ 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=146/>//is a 
peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect. Multi-disciplinary in 
nature, the journal brings together research in the area of music and 
sound in relation to film and other moving image media.

*Publication timeline:
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Deadline for receipt of abstracts: August 10^th 2016

Applicants notified: August 24^th 2016

Full articles due: November 2016

Final articles due: April/May 2017



Best wishes,
Jennifer

Dr Jennifer O’Meara
Departments of Media Studies and English,
Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

E: (Jennifer.OMeara /at/ nuim.ie) W: www.maynoothuniversity.ie
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