Dear colleagues<br><br>Please find below information about a call for papers for an upcoming issue of <i>Studies in Australasian Cinema</i> themed around what is happening to film in the new digital screen environment. <br>
<br>The scope of the issue is quite broad and the aim is to bring some diverse perspectives from film, media and cultural studies to the issue. If you would like any more information please get in touch. <br><br>Regards<br>
Karina <br><br><i>Karina Aveyard<br>School of Humanities, Griffith Unviersity<br><a href="mailto:karina.aveyard@griffithuni.edu.au">karina.aveyard@griffithuni.edu.au</a></i><br><br><b>Studies in Australasian Cinema<br>Issue 6.2: Big Screen to Small Screen: Australasian film and its new formats</b><br>
<b>Guest Editor: Karina Aveyard</b><br><br>In Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa and the Pacific Island region the burgeoning multiplatform screen media landscape is transforming the technological and locational<br>interface of film spectatorship. It is reshaping cinematic narratives and production techniques, and changing the way screen content is circulated to and consumed by<br>
audiences. It has also given rise to important shifts in film policy, with screen agencies eager to seize on the opportunities created by this platform diversification to engage a<br>wider audience for local content.<br><br>
This themed issue of Studies in Australasian Cinema will explore new theoretical perspectives on emerging trends across local filmmaking, film policy, distribution,<br>marketing, exhibition and the changing cultural and social meanings of film consumption. Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to:<br>
<br>• The convergence and disconnection between ‘heritage’ and ‘new’ media within the current screen landscape<br><br>• The social and cultural geographies of media multi-tasking and format shifting<br><br>• New trends in film development, financing and production in Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa and the Pacific Island nations<br>
<br>• Opportunities and limitations for local films within these new domestic, globalised and transnational circulatory spaces<br><br>• How different viewing contexts shape audience responses to screen content, influencing commercial success (or failure) and/or cultural meaning<br>
<br>• The changing industrial nature of the film distribution and exhibition <br><br>• Innovations in screen media film policy<br><br>‘Big Screen to Small Screen: Australasian film and its new formats’ will be edited by Karina Aveyard. Initial enquiries should be sent to: <a href="mailto:karina.aveyard@griffithuni.edu.au">karina.aveyard@griffithuni.edu.au</a><br>
<br>Final submissions to this issue close on Friday April 27, 2012.<br>