All Outputs (13)

Is television reformable? The ‘reformist tendency’ in inequality research in the cultural and creative industries (2024)
Journal Article

This article engages with research on UK Television (UKTV) and the wider cultural and creative industries by interrogating the role of academic research in industrial and social change. We argue that a ‘reformist tendency’ implicitly structures much... Read More about Is television reformable? The ‘reformist tendency’ in inequality research in the cultural and creative industries.

Locked down and locked out: mothers and UKTV work during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article

COVID-19 and the associated government lockdowns in the UK had dramatic impacts on the UK’s creative industries. This article explores these impacts on mothers working in UK Television (UKTV), on their ability to work, finances, and mental health. It... Read More about Locked down and locked out: mothers and UKTV work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explainable AI for the Arts: XAIxArts (2023)
Conference Proceeding

This first workshop on explainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts) brings together a community of researchers and creative practitioners in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, AI, explainable AI (XAI), and Digital Arts to explore the rol... Read More about Explainable AI for the Arts: XAIxArts.

The Future of Film Report 2021 (2021)
Report

The Creative Collaboratory Method: Report and Toolkit (2021)
Report

The purpose of this publication is two-fold: 1. To provide a report which consolidates the findings and outcomes from research undertaken in conjunction with the ReFiguring Innovation in Games project over the past five years – specifically the deve... Read More about The Creative Collaboratory Method: Report and Toolkit.

The Live Cinema Paradox: Continuity and Innovation in Live Film Broadcast, Exhibition and Production (2019)
Book Chapter

While a great deal of very valuable and influential scholarship has examined the disruptions caused by digital film distribution (the pre-recorded non-live formats of on-demand, streaming services for instance), this chapter focuses instead on the ph... Read More about The Live Cinema Paradox: Continuity and Innovation in Live Film Broadcast, Exhibition and Production.

Virtual Humanity: empathy, embodiment and disorientation in humanitarian VR experience design (2018)
Journal Article

With 360-degree filmmaking and Virtual Reality (VR) – the audience can now be immersed in the milieu of the filmed location. Hitherto hard to reach territories, and hard to portray narratives can now be realised and experienced first hand – rendering... Read More about Virtual Humanity: empathy, embodiment and disorientation in humanitarian VR experience design.

Extended Reality Ecosystems: Innovations in Creativity and Collaboration in the Theatrical Arts (2018)
Journal Article

This article maps aspects of the current Extended Reality (XR) production ecosystem in the UK, capturing a unique industry at its moment of emergence. The last three years have seen an increase in activity by traditional theatre institutions in the U... Read More about Extended Reality Ecosystems: Innovations in Creativity and Collaboration in the Theatrical Arts.

Game Jam as Feminist Methodology: The Affective Labors of Intervention in the Ludic Economy (2018)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2018. This article examines the evidenced and the potential impact of all-female games jams as an element within a feminist interventionist approach to improving women’s equal participation within the ludic economies of the games indu... Read More about Game Jam as Feminist Methodology: The Affective Labors of Intervention in the Ludic Economy.

Live Cinema: Cultures, Economies, Aesthetics (2017)
Book

Live Cinema is a term used to capture a diverse range of experiences that incorporate a 'live' element in relation to a film's exhibition. The live augmentation of cinema screenings is not a new phenomenon, indeed this tendency is present throughout... Read More about Live Cinema: Cultures, Economies, Aesthetics.

Funfear Attractions: The Playful Affects of Carefully Managed Terror in Immersive 28 Days Later Live Experiences (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines the audience experience of the highly acclaimed zombie street game 2.8 Hrs Later, which was launched in 2010 and successfully ran for five years in cities across the UK, and the 2016 Secret Cinema’s offering 28 Days Later, which... Read More about Funfear Attractions: The Playful Affects of Carefully Managed Terror in Immersive 28 Days Later Live Experiences.

Inside-the-scenes: The rise of experiential cinema (2016)
Journal Article

This article introduces this themed section which focusses on the growing trend toward the creation of a cinema that escapes beyond the boundaries of the auditorium whereby film-screenings are augmented by synchronous live performance, site-specific... Read More about Inside-the-scenes: The rise of experiential cinema.

From conflict to revolution: The secret aesthetic, narrative spatialisation and audience experience in immersive cinema design (2016)
Journal Article

In 2014, Secret Cinema Presents … Back to the Future …, tensions emerged within a section of the audience who were not invested in the rules of engagement of the secret cinema brand. The secret location of the screening, the requirement to surrender... Read More about From conflict to revolution: The secret aesthetic, narrative spatialisation and audience experience in immersive cinema design.