Department of Film Studies

Tue 21st February 2012 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Sarah Street, Colour Transformations in Wartime Britain

This paper concentrates on the wartime years in Britain, when the advancement of colour was threatened by scarcity, disruptions and, on the part of some, scepticism as to its necessity. This case study demonstrates how cultural and material contexts impact on aesthetics and influence how technology works.

Tue 6th March 2012 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Mark Jankovich, Vicious Cycles: The Industrial Development of the 1940s Horror Film

This paper will examine the industrail development of the cycle of Hollywood Studio horror films produced in the wake of Frankenstein, Dracula and Son of Kong and the ways in which these shaped in transformations between 1939 and 1946.

Sat 17th March 2012 09:30 to 18:00

War and Cinema Symposium

The war film is one of the great modes of cinematic expression and this symposium will explore four topics of contemporary critical interest. It is free and open to the public but registration is required and places are limited.

Wed 21st March 2012 09:00 to 19:00

Film Studies Postgraduate Open Day and 6th Annual Postgraduate Study Day: Ethics in Film

The 6th Annual Postgraduate Study Day will explore Ethics in Film, and will feature a keynote paper by Dr Libby Saxton, Queen Mary, University of London. The Postgraduate Study Day will take place on the same day. All welcome!

Tue 17th April 2012 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Yvonne Tasker, Genre Cinema and Recession Culture: Explorations in Masculinity and Corporate Melodrama

This paper emerges from ongoing research around the ways in which recessionary culture tends to restate anachronistic formulations of gender, revising existing cultural tropes rather than formulating new sub-genres, offering a detailed discussion of the explicitly recessionary film The Company Men (2010).

Mon 7th May 2012 09:00 to Tue 8th May 2012 19:00

Film Studies 7th Annual Postgraduate Conference

The 7th Annual Postgraduate Conference will welcome Dr Lee Grieveson, Reader in Film Studies at University College London. Dr Grieveson will present a keynote paper, and give feedback to all Film Studies postgraduates on their performance.