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Here be dragons: experiments with the concept of 'choose your own adventure' in the lecture room (2013)
Journal Article
Mundy, D. P., & Consoli, R. (2013). Here be dragons: experiments with the concept of 'choose your own adventure' in the lecture room. Innovations in education and teaching international, 50(2), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2012.760869

One of the most traditional challenges of teaching is that of engaging learners with delivered content both within and outside of the taught environment. There are many different approaches to achieving learner engagement; however, this paper focuses... Read More about Here be dragons: experiments with the concept of 'choose your own adventure' in the lecture room.

"I've never murdered anyone in my life. The decisions are up to them.": Ethical Guidance and Cultural Pessimism in the Saw Series (2012)
Journal Article
Walliss, J., & Aston, J. (2012). "I've never murdered anyone in my life. The decisions are up to them.": Ethical Guidance and Cultural Pessimism in the Saw Series. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 24(3), 352-364. https://doi.org/10.1353/rpc.2012.0034

In this article we examine the ethical vision presented in the Saw series of films, focusing in particular how it represents a trend within popular culture post-9/11 towards increasing cultural pessimism. We will locate the Saw films within this cult... Read More about "I've never murdered anyone in my life. The decisions are up to them.": Ethical Guidance and Cultural Pessimism in the Saw Series.

The ethics of remembering: Little Big Man and the exoneration of American guilt (2011)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2011). The ethics of remembering: Little Big Man and the exoneration of American guilt. In A. Karatzogianni (Ed.), Violence and War in Culture and the Media : Five Disciplinary Lenses (78-91). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203143308-12

Andre Bazin reinvigorated the cultural form of the Western by declaring that it was ‘the American cinema par excellence’ (Lovell 1976: 166). For Bazin, the Western expressed ‘evocations of the birth of the United States of America’ (Bazin 1973: 14) t... Read More about The ethics of remembering: Little Big Man and the exoneration of American guilt.

The (un) spectacle of the real: forwarding an active spectator in Michael Haneke's Le temps du loup/Time of the wolf (2003) (2010)
Journal Article
Aston, J. (2010). The (un) spectacle of the real: forwarding an active spectator in Michael Haneke's Le temps du loup/Time of the wolf (2003). Studies in European cinema, 7(2), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1386/seci.7.2.109_1

The two central themes in the films of Michael Haneke, the fragmentation and brutality of interpersonal and societal relations and the notion of cinematic reality as an illusory construction, reach an apex in his 2003 film Le temps du Loup/Time of th... Read More about The (un) spectacle of the real: forwarding an active spectator in Michael Haneke's Le temps du loup/Time of the wolf (2003).

The Rhetoric of The Wire. (2010)
Journal Article
Zborowski, J. (2010). The Rhetoric of The Wire. Movie : a journal of film criticism, 1-6

Flog it!: nostalgia and lifestyle on British daytime television (2010)
Book Chapter
Kleinecke-Bates, I. (2010). Flog it!: nostalgia and lifestyle on British daytime television. In E. Bell, & A. Gray (Eds.), Televising History : Mediating the Past in Postwar Europe (221-233). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277205_16

Nostalgia, as has long been recognized, can have a powerful impact on the construction and reception of screen texts (e.g., Boym, 2001; Cardwell, 2002; Cook, 2005; Higson, 1993, 2003; Monk and Sargeant, 2002). Closely linked to the processes of memor... Read More about Flog it!: nostalgia and lifestyle on British daytime television.

Against all odds : the decline and resurgence of the symphonic film score in Hollywood (2009)
Journal Article
Mitchell, H. (2009). Against all odds : the decline and resurgence of the symphonic film score in Hollywood. The journal of film music, 2(2-4), 175-200. https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.v2i2-4.175

With the birth of sound film, the symphonic film score would begin a journey which would firmly entrench the symphonic score in Hollywood practice and parlance. On route, the symphonic film score would experience many highs and lows, reflecting chang... Read More about Against all odds : the decline and resurgence of the symphonic film score in Hollywood.

Heritage, history, and gardening: The Victorian Kitchen Garden (BBC/Sveringes television 2, 1987) and the representation of the Victorian age as cultural homeland (2009)
Journal Article
Kleinecke-Bates, I. (2009). Heritage, history, and gardening: The Victorian Kitchen Garden (BBC/Sveringes television 2, 1987) and the representation of the Victorian age as cultural homeland. Visual culture in Britain, 10(1), 71-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714780802686340

This article examines the representation of the past on British television. As a response to the perennial popularity of history programming, debates about authenticity and truth in relation to television's rendering of history have been particularly... Read More about Heritage, history, and gardening: The Victorian Kitchen Garden (BBC/Sveringes television 2, 1987) and the representation of the Victorian age as cultural homeland.

Help I'm surrounded (2006)
Journal Article
Mitchell, H. (2006). Help I'm surrounded. Scope an on-line journal of film studies,

A dimly lit auditorium, the smell of popcorn and hot-dogs accompanied by the sound of fizzy drinks slurped through straws; the lights dim and a hush of expectation descends, sound fades in from all around, drawing the audience into the illusion of an... Read More about Help I'm surrounded.

Straddling the intersection (2003)
Journal Article
Mitchell, H. (2003). Straddling the intersection. Crossings electronic journal of art and technology,

Music technology straddles the intersection between art and science and presents those who choose to work within its sphere with many practical challenges as well as creative possibilities. The paper focuses on four main areas: secondary education, h... Read More about Straddling the intersection.