Abstract: The documentary film 600 Mills was explicitly funded and produced as an academic research project, designed to investigate, through cinematic means, the decline of the textile industry in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. Drawing on the work of Thrift, Deleuze and Guattari, Massumi and others . . .

Abstract: With traditional academic work, the process of peer review is seemingly clear – work is refereed as a way of gatekeeping ideas and research contributions, to ensure it is not publicly available until it has passed a test of rigour, originality, clarity and significance to the field. . . .

Abstract: Within Australian universities, doctoral research in screen production is growing significantly. Two recent studies have documented both the scale of this research and inconsistencies in the requirements of the degree. These institutional variations . . .

Abstract: Having just completed a PhD involving the production of a feature-length drama and the writing of a 40,000 word exegesis, I am now regarded by the academic community as a qualified researcher . . .

Abstract: There is nothing new about improvised acting in film. It has a significant but relatively minor position in the history of screen drama. The prevalence of improvisation is arguably increasing in an era where the costs of filming are reducing . . .

Abstract: The use of the smartphone as a high quality video camera has opened up a range of new creative possibilities for documentary filmmaking, taking advantage of these mobile devices’ extreme portability to move closer to Astruc’s dream of the camera-stylo, ‘a means of writing just as flexible and subtle as written language’ . . .

Abstract: This article investigates the emerging internet phenomenon of machinima, which has been described as an example of the convergence occurring between computer games, films and the Web. Looking both forward and back, machinima uses 3D game engines and networked environments to produce work that is primarily traditional, linear and narrative . . .

Abstract: All research in Australian universities involving human participants needs approval from human research ethics committees, who make judgments consistent with accepted ethical principles that have recently been captured in the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007) . . .

Abstract: The internet provides a means for non-professional media-makers to produce and publish their own video and audio content, as community television and radio have done for several decades . . .

Abstract: How To Change The World is a playful tapestry of stories woven around a decaying neighbourhood pub called The Junction Hotel. At the heart of the film is Max, the pub’s ageing owner, and his struggle to keep the Junction open for the sake of his loyal but diminishing band of regular customers . . .

Abstract: Why is there virtually no drama on Australian community television? Within this sector of the Australian media, the potential of fictional screen narratives to powerfully and imaginatively explore human experience in relation to issues of cultural diversity, social equity and community change has been unrealised . . .

Abstract: The Bachelor of Communication (Media) degree at RMIT University has been in existence for 30 years. It has offered students both an academic education in humanities and communication fields and a professional education in practical television and radio production . . .