Audiovisual Cultures

Paula Blair reads her article on Duncan Campbell’s Turner Prize-winning film It For Others – see full citation and link below for open access to the published text. Topics include prize culture, capitalism, Marxism, colonialism, cultural appropriation, looted art, documentary, commercialism, the art market, and film culture, particularly the late-twentieth-century Left Bank film-makers in France. If you get something out of this episode or know someone who will, please share it and give it a good rating and review on your podcast app.Blair, Paula, ‘Accommodating the Mess: The Politics of Appropriation in It For Others’, Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Film and Media Studies 12 (2016), pp. 149–165 <https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/ausfm-2016-0008>Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. You can support this work and find this episode’s extended show notes and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/08/10/audiovisual-cultures-episode-122-it-for-others/

Paula Blair talks through a successful grant application to Arts Council England, radical honesty, and time-saving strategies. In this episode you’ll get advice on the stages of applying for a grant including the necessary preparation, where to find specific guidance, compiling a budget and networking. Issues that arise include paying yourself and others fairly, identifying eligibility, what fund is right for your needs, and access requirements for submission. If you get something out of this or know someone who will, please share it. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. You can support this work and find this episode’s extended show notes and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/07/27/audiovisual-cultures-episode-121-grant-applications/

Paula Blair speaks to Jordan Lam about being creative and developing a studio arts practice. In this fun and loose conversation you’ll get some insight into studying art at degree level, some details about graphic design and digital collage, and how it is to take a creative approach to life as well as to art. There are some details about Photoshop and other digital creative suites that the uninitiated may find surprising. We also touch on Jordan’s experience growing up bilingual and across two cultures, his interest in rap and reading, and why he likes to dress up as a banana. If you enjoy this chat, please give us a good rating and share with someone you think will like it. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. You can support this work and find this episode’s extended show notes and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/07/13/audiovisual-cultures-episode-120-jordan-mode-with-jordan-lam/

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Paula Blair speaks to writer and director Leslie Goyette and producer Michele Englehart about their film Maysville (2021). In our conversation you’ll learn about their 3-year journey from script to finished film, their experience with crowdfunding and the kindness of communities, and the sheer tenacity it takes to achieve a goal you really believe in. This is an enjoyable and illuminating conversation which I hope you’ll get something out of and share. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. You can support this work and find this episode’s extended show notes and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/06/29/audiovisual-cultures-119-maysville/

Paula Blair is joined by digital marketing professional Brandon Leibowitz to talk about the technologies, best practices, ethics and effects on culture of search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, and website ownership. In our conversation you’ll learn some quick tips for advancing up Google search results and lessons about who really owns and makes money from the data we share online. Do enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend!Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Support and find this episode’s extended show notes with automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/06/15/audiovisual-cultures-episode-118-seo-optimizers-with-brandon-leibowitz/

In time for the platinum jubilee, enjoy this remastered reissue of lost episode 34 in which film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail talk about the Queen and Freddie Mercury biopic from 2018 (BBFC cert. 12A). We get into the film’s troubled production context, Andrew’s love of the band’s music and its significance in film culture, and we touch on the depiction of Mercury’s sexuality, persona and AIDS, the amalgamated supporting characters, the narrative structure and much more. Enjoy and please give this episode a good rating and share with a friend!Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Funding the podcast helps us improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Support and find this episode’s extended show notes and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/06/01/audiovisual-cultures-episode-34-bohemian-rhapsody-queen-and-freddie-mercury-reissue/

Host Paula Blair reflects on four years of making the podcast, the writing projects she’s been working on so far this year, and some decisions about the podcast going forward.If you enjoy this episode, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend!Full show notes and transcript: https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/05/18/audiovisual-cultures-episode-117-paula-checks-in/ Auto-captioned videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcAMusic: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703audiovisualcultures@gmail.comFunding the podcast helps improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions.

In time for May the Fourth 2022, enjoy this remastered reissue of lost episode 32 about the 2018 Star Wars instalment directed by Ron Howard (BBFC cert. 12A) and revisiting Paula Blair and Andrew Shail having a rant 4 years ago. There are loads of plot details, chat about this and other sci-fi franchises, the actors, the music, production contexts and gender politics.Original episode with auto-captions: https://youtu.be/mW1Pm8gXIw4If you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend! Find auto-captioned videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcA New intro recorded with Zencastr on 6 April 2022. https://zencastr.com/ Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity. Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Find more information, see episode transcripts and join our mailing list at https://audiovisualcultures.com/ Funding the podcast helps us improve the quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Please support if you can.