Film and Television: A Graduate Colloquium

 

 

Abstract: (from our call for papers)

"A recent New York Times article had the headline “Movies Try to Escape Cultural Irrelevance” in response to Seth MacFarlane being announced as the host of the 2013 Oscars. Both this article and the choice of host are indicative of how the relationship between cinema and television has begun to change. With television now being regarded both artistically and critically, our understanding of this medium continues to rapidly change, necessitating a re-evaluation. Rather than creating a forum for outlining the merits and disadvantages of each medium we intend to explore the mutually constitutive relationship between these two symbiotic media, we hope to do so from diversity of critical avenues, ranging from theory and aesthetics to industry, culture, and beyond."

FULL SCHEDULE (as of February 3rd, 2013)

 

WEATHER ALERT: DUE TO SNOW, THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS WILL BE TAKING PLACE SATURDAY FROM 11-12 IN MEDIA COMMONS PRECEDING THE PANELS. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF MEET-AND-GREET FROM 10:30-11 (WITH SNACKS).

 

Friday, February 8th

CANCELLED 4:00-5:00 pm: Opening reception in the graduate lounge, second floor of Innis College

 

All talks will be at Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library.

CANCELLED 5:00-6:00 pm: Opening Remarks by Meghan Sutherland (Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library)
 

SCREENING WILL STILL PROCEED                                                                                                                       
7:00-9:30 pm: Free screening of Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, USA, 1992) in 35 mm at Innis Town Hall, as part of the Free Friday Film Series put on by Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)

 

 Saturday, February 9th (ALL IN MEDIA COMMONS THEATRE)

10:30 - MEET AND GREET

11-12 - Keynote Address by Meghan Sutherland

12:00-2:00 pm: Textual objects 
Panel chair: Janessa Snippe                                                                                                                                    

• Luke Kuplowsky, University of Toronto   
• "Ohayo: Authenticating the Modern Household"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
• Olympia Kiriakou, University of Toronto 
• "'The Bottom of the Barrel!': Negotiating Psychological Realism in Dallas"                                                                                                                                                         
• Jesse Balzer, Concordia University
• "Raw Twitter: WWE and Television Spectatorship" 

 

2:15-4:15 pm: Industrial conversations
Panel chair: Kirk Maijala                                                                                     

• Titania Plant, University of Toronto    
• "New Old Favorites: A Brief History of the Re-Exhibition of Classic Hollywood Films on Television"                                                                                                                                       
• Kamran Ahmed, University of Toronto   
• "Krzysztof  Kieslowski's Decalogue: Illustrating the Inextricable Relationship Between the Televisual and Profilmic"                                                                                                                                     
• Jennifer Sider, University of Toronto 
• "Between Popular Film and Television After 9/11: The Politics of Cross-Media Spectacle in the  United States of Emergency"                                                                                                                                              
• William Walker, University of Toronto
• "Selling Mr.Chips, Branding Scarface: Breaking Bad and the Politics of Product Placement"

 

4:45-6:45 pm: Interdisciplinary inroads 
Panel chair: Lauren Coughlan

• Sean Cummings, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Yelena Synkova    
• "'Cool' Feedback: Architectural Spaces in Television and Television in Architectural Space"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
• Joel Neville Anderson, Rochester University     
• "Cinema in Reconstruction: Japan's Post-3.11 Documentary"                                                                                                                                                     
• Ben Johnstone, University of Toronto
• "Laff-Box: The Early Years of the Laugh Track"

 

7:00-8:30 pm: Seriality as a point of convergence
Panel chair: Madeleine Wall 

• Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Concordia University     
• ""Next Week (Year?) On...": The Question of Seriality in Film and Television"                                                                                                                                        
• Justin Morris, University of Toronto  
• Tying Women to Railroad Tracks: Film Serials and the Televisual Remake"
                                                                                                                                                        
• Mikhael Skoptsov, Brown University
• "Bridging the Gaps: Serialized Storytelling in American Film and Television"

 

9:00 pm-?: Closing reception, second floor of Harbord House, 150 Harbord Street

 

Webpage

Full Schedule

Poster

 

Location: 
Innis College, and Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library

Reception: 
Harbord House, Saturday, February 9th, 9 pm

Please RSVP to csgsu2013@gmail.com for the conference and reception while space is available. 

 

 

 

 

back to article index