We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
We are an international network and community of scholars researching and teaching on the topic of visual effects. We embrace diverse, high quality scholarship (research and practice based) on any aspect of visual effects, including historical and theoretical approaches, aesthetic analyses, industry and software studies, film philosophy, reception studies, animation studies, and more. If you are producing high quality research (written, visual, programmed or otherwise) and would like to have a profile on this site feel free to contact us.
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UPDATES
New book by Jenna Ng
The Post-Screen Through Virtual Reality, Holograms and Light Projections: Where Screen Boundaries Lie, by Jenna Ng, is published this week by Amsterdam University Press. Can't wait to read it!
New book by Katharina Loew
Special Effects and German Silent Film: Techno-Romantic Cinema, by Katharina Loew is out now, also from Amsterdam University Press. This is essential reading for anyone interested in film history, and special effects beyond Hollywood.
The Digital Face and Deepfakes on Screen
Lisa Bode, Dominic Lees, and Dan Golding have co-edited a special issue of Convergence, “The Digital Face and Deepfakes on Screen”. This issue features articles by several of our members: Dan Golding, Lisa Bode, Mihaela Mihailova, Christopher Holliday, Dominic Lees, Tanine Allison, and Drew Ayers.
Angela Ndalianis and Henry Jenkins in conversation
Angela Ndalianis joins eminent fan and cult media studies scholar, Henry Jenkins for this accessible and thought-provoking discussion, “On Multisensory and Transmedia Stories: A Conversation between Angela Ndalianis and Henry Jenkins”, Journal of Media Literacy, vol.12, issue 3, 20
Jason Kennedy attained his PhD
Congratulations to Jason Kennedy, who is now Dr Jason, as he successfully defended his PhD "Acting and Its Double: A Practice-Led Investigation of the Nature of Acting Within Performance Capture".
New Article by Brooke Belisle
Brooke Belisle has recently published an article in Art in America on histories of VR. A History of Presence is well worth the read: