For its forthcoming issue, Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration (MSJ) currently seeks submissions that encompass the latest research in film and media studies. Submission categories include feature articles (6,000-7,000 words); mise-en-scène featurettes (1,000-1,500 words); reviews of films, DVDs, Blu-rays or conferences (1,500-2,500 words); M.A. or Ph.D. abstracts (250-300 words); interviews (4,000-5,000 words); undergraduate scholarship (2,000-2,500 words); or video essays (8-10 minute range). All submissions must include a selection of supporting images from the film(s) under analysis and be formatted according to MLA guidelines, 8th edition. Authors are welcome to submit their work in one of the journal’s submission categories. Topic areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Cinematic aestheticism
- Film spectatorship
- Frame narratology
- Auteur theory
- Mise-en-scène across the disciplines
- Pedagogical approaches to film and media studies
- Film/video as a branch of digital humanities research
- Adaptation studies
- Genre studies
- Transmedia
- Fandom studies
- Seriality
- Documentary studies
The deadline for submissions is June 3, 2019. Please sign up as an author through the registration portal to begin the process.
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