[ecrea] CFP - Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism, Issue 8

*_CFP - Issue 8, /Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism/_*

*'Moments of Choice', Videographic Criticism, General Call.*


*1. 'Moments of Choice'*

Following dossiers in previous issues of /Movie: A Journal of Film 
Criticism/ <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/movie/>//which 
focused on specific aspects of film style, in Issue 8 we invite 
submissions for a dossier called ‘Moments of Choice’, in tribute to V.F. 
Perkins’ 1981 article <http://www.rouge.com.au/9/moments_choice.html>. 
Perkins is concerned with the appreciation of creative choices made by 
filmmakers. The excellence of an individual choice is measured in terms 
of how well it serves the design of a particular sequence and the film 
as a whole. As he writes: ‘Directors work in the knowledge that nothing 
is right “in itself” but only in relation to the developing design’. In 
his complementary study, /Filmmakers Choices/ 
<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/movie/ebooks/>, John Gibbs 
notes that a valuable approach when assessing the film is ‘to identify a 
decision, or group of decisions, and ask what is gained by doing it this 
way?’ We invite contributions that discuss such ‘moments of choice’.

The choices considered should relate to details of film form: for 
example, performative gestures, props, items of costume, compositional 
arrangements, editing, or features of the soundtrack. Discussions could 
be short – up to 3,000 words – but we are also happy to consider longer 
pieces. Essays may concentrate on moments that last only a few seconds 
of screen time, or on a range of related moments across a sequence, a 
film, or more than one film. Articles which reflect on critical 
methodology as part of their discussion are also welcome.

*2. Videographic Criticism*

We hope that audiovisual essays 
<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/movie/videographiccriticism/> 
will form a regular dimension of future issues and we welcome 
style-based submissions in this field. For this issue, these could be 
contributions to the /Moments of Choice/ dossier, but contributions of 
other kinds are also welcome. Submissions (to (movie.journal /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(movie.journal /at/ gmail.com)>) should take the form of a 
password-protected link to the video on Vimeo and a statement of 
approximately 500 words contextualising the essay. Statements will be 
published alongside accepted audiovisual essays

*3. General Call for Papers:*

/Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism/also makes a general call for 
papers. We are committed to publishing rigorous but accessible critical 
writing, at a variety of lengths, that is responsive to the detailed 
texture and artistry of film and television, old and new. We also 
welcome articles that illuminate concepts, analytical methods and 
questions in film aesthetics that are of significance to film criticism. 
We welcome articles up to 8,000 words in length, though are also open to 
the possibility of longer pieces, to be judged on a case-by-case basis. 
A style guide for submissions can be found here 
<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/movie/contents/movie_style_sheet-1.pdf>.

*Articles and audiovisual essays should be submitted by 1^st September 
2017. *Articles should be sent for review as email attachments to 
(movie.journal /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(movie.journal /at/ gmail.com)>.


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