2013/06/12

Call for papers : «PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM!» – The History, Theory and Practice of Songs in Films (Kiel University, Germany, February 21-22, 2014)

International Conference at Kiel University, Germany, February 21-22, 2014

Since the invention of the cinema in the 1890s, film entertained a complex relationship with songs in its various forms (aria, Lied, pop song, etc.). The liaison of song and film assumed many different shapes throughout the past century. From the illustrated song to early attempts of synchronizing film and sound to the first musicals to pop soundtracks of the 1960s and 70s to Tarantino’s illustrated soundtracks: songs can play crucial narrative roles in films and superimpose semantic layers on the film text. In addition to intrinsic audiovisual connections, economic aspects such as music's suitability as a marketing tool, make both media the ideal collaborators. With the profession of the music supervisor on the rise, song placement in films is gaining more recognition both in- and outside the film industry.

This conference sets out to shed light on the history, theory and practice of song in film in a broad sense. We welcome submissions that deal with various semantic levels, the role and function of lyrics, of the voice, or of song performance in film. We expect many case studies, but we also encourage theoretical approaches.

Even though we focus on song in fictional film, we will also consider papers dealing with documentaries and experimental film, as well as with songs in television, advertising and digital media.

Please submit a short abstract (5-10 lines) and a curriculum vitae (3-5 lines) to Willem Strank: wstrank@ndl-medien.uni-kiel.de

The deadline for submissions is July 31.

Please don't hesitate to distribute our call to others who may be interested!

Possible issues (among others) include:

Songs in silent films
Song scoring
Arias and 'Lieder' in films
Songs composed for films
Songs about cinema
Illustrated songs
Films based on songs
Theme/Title Songs
Economic aspects of songs in films
Song in World Cinema (especially in India)
Songs in digital media

Jazz and Cinema Conference 2013 (1st – 2nd November 2013, Cardiff University, United Kingdom)


The conference will gather academic scholars and others with an interest in the relationship between jazz and cinema from across a range of disciplines.
We are looking for papers from a dynamic range of approaches: theoretical, historical, industrial, music aesthetic or technological analysis that fit into the theme of “Jazz and Cinema”. Possible themes could include:

• Analysis of the use of pre-existing jazz recordings to soundtrack films
• Analysis of purpose-made jazz soundtracks
• The social implications of the use of jazz in cinema
• The historical development of jazz in cinema
• Jazz musicians on the screen, an exploration of jazz musicians’ appearances in film Other topics around the broader theme of Jazz & Cinema are also invited for submission.

We are delighted to confirm our keynote speaker will be Dr. Nicolas Pillai from Warwick University. Dr. Pillai is currently researching jazz in British film and television, as well as teaching more widely on music and visual culture. He has given papers on European jazz culture as an invited speaker at the National Jazz Archive and at Rollins College, Florida.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in The Soundtrack special issue on jazz and cinema.

If you are interested in attending the conference, please send an 300 words abstract for a 20 minutes papaper and a short bio. to jazzandcinema@gmail.com.

Deadline for abstract submission: 25 June 2013

Successful submissions will be notified by 1st July 2013

This conference is hosted by Centre for Interdisciplinary Film & Visual Culture Research (IFVCR), School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University

Call for papers : The Soundtrack (Special Issue on Jazz and Cinema)


Guest editor: Hiu M. Chan | Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

The Soundtrack is a multi-disciplinary journal which brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving image media. We are calling for academic articles from a range of approaches - theoretical, historical, industrial, aesthetic or technological - that fit the theme of ‘Jazz and Cinema.’ We also welcome work on musician biographies and jazz soundtrack albums, and relevant book reviews. Professional musicians and journalists are also invited to submit.

Please submit your articles or reviews to Hiu M. Chan: jazzandcinema@gmail.com

Deadline for full paper submissions: 5th December 2013

If you have any questions, or you would like to submit an abstract before you start writing the article, please feel free to contact Hiu at the above email address.

Full paper submission details:
Contributions (5000–6000 words for major papers, 1000–3000 words for reviews and shorter articles) should include original work of a research or developmental nature and/or proposed new methods or ideas that are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued.

The Soundtrack
ISSN 17514193
Online ISSN 20401388
2 issues per volume Volume
4, 2011

Editors

Estella Tincknell,University of the West of England
Estella.Tincknell@uwe.ac.uk

Michael Filimowicz, Cinesonika
info@cinesonika.com

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Renaud Lagabrielle advertises on his new research topic (Vienna University)


"The French Musical Film. Genre, Love, and Theatricality" is sponsored by the Austrian Programm for Advanced Research and Technology.

My research project, which will represent the first existing monograph on this subject, intends to examine French musical films – i.e. films in which the spoken word and the sung word alternate without the latter interrupting the narrative, sometimes accompanied by choreographies – as a genre in its own right within the French cinematic production.

Informations : http://homepage.univie.ac.at/renaud.lagabrielle/wordpress/?page_id=59

Contact: renaud.lagabrielle@univie.ac.at

Renaud Lagabrielle communique sur sa nouvelle recherche (Université de Vienne)


Le projet "Le film musical français" (titre provisoire) est financé par une bourse APART (Austrian Programm for Advanced Research and Technology) de l´Académie des Sciences autrichienne (2013-2016).

Cette recherche représentera la première monographie sur le sujet.
J'examinerai les films musicaux français - dans lesquels la parole et le chant, parfois accompagnés de chorégraphies, n'interrompent pas le récit - comme un genre à part entière dans la production cinématographique française.

Plus d'informations (en anglais) : http://homepage.univie.ac.at/renaud.lagabrielle/wordpress/?page_id=59

Contact: renaud.lagabrielle@univie.ac.at