About Us
Written by Zoe Leininger and Fabrizio Cilento
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Only two decades into the twenty-first century, the film industry and the culture surrounding it has changed dramatically from previous eras. These years have given us a wide variety of films like The Lord of the Rings, Memento, Hotel Rwanda, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E and Inception appealing to a range of audiences and covering an extensive list of topics.
The film culture of the 21st century is one that is still evolving rapidly. Cinemablography is a student/faculty collaborative undergraduate research project with the goal of tracing a cinematic map of the 2000s. With Cinemablography, we as film scholars aim to map out the broad spectrum of the 2000’s film industry to provide a contemporary look at the film, and more increasingly TV show content that is powerful in reflecting and shaping the evolving society we are in.
What is unique about Cinemablography is that it is an academic journal, a blog, a forum for videographic studies and essays, and an art archive coexisting in a single website. The content uploaded to Cinemablography is original and produced entirely by Messiah University undergraduates, and goes through a peer review process before being published.
Exposure to new technologies, learning/scholarly experience, and contemporary visual culture is an important first step in breaking the dichotomy between theory and production and the academic “division of labor” and subsequent separation of the careers.
There are currently six writers on our editorial board, each with a unique niche to focus on when writing the reviews and analysis articles that make up our blog. We aim to cover multiple genres like horror/thriller and adventure/quest films, unique media like Japanese animation, and prevalent themes such as women in film, global cinema, and film authorship and philosophy.
Online visibility (on average, our website receives over 2,000 unique page views per week and we are active on Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and YouTube as well) has provided us an opportunity to explore pressing issues in our media environment, and acquire digital literacy while developing problem solving skills and creating a professional network. We are a group of students who love films and want to be able to share that love with a wider audience. We want to start a conversation about current cinema that will continue to help our readers see films in a new light and have a greater appreciation for the entertainment they watch.
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Only two decades into the twenty-first century, the film industry and the culture surrounding it has changed dramatically from previous eras. These years have given us a wide variety of films like The Lord of the Rings, Memento, Hotel Rwanda, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E and Inception appealing to a range of audiences and covering an extensive list of topics.
The film culture of the 21st century is one that is still evolving rapidly. Cinemablography is a student/faculty collaborative undergraduate research project with the goal of tracing a cinematic map of the 2000s. With Cinemablography, we as film scholars aim to map out the broad spectrum of the 2000’s film industry to provide a contemporary look at the film, and more increasingly TV show content that is powerful in reflecting and shaping the evolving society we are in.
What is unique about Cinemablography is that it is an academic journal, a blog, a forum for videographic studies and essays, and an art archive coexisting in a single website. The content uploaded to Cinemablography is original and produced entirely by Messiah University undergraduates, and goes through a peer review process before being published.
Exposure to new technologies, learning/scholarly experience, and contemporary visual culture is an important first step in breaking the dichotomy between theory and production and the academic “division of labor” and subsequent separation of the careers.
There are currently six writers on our editorial board, each with a unique niche to focus on when writing the reviews and analysis articles that make up our blog. We aim to cover multiple genres like horror/thriller and adventure/quest films, unique media like Japanese animation, and prevalent themes such as women in film, global cinema, and film authorship and philosophy.
Online visibility (on average, our website receives over 2,000 unique page views per week and we are active on Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and YouTube as well) has provided us an opportunity to explore pressing issues in our media environment, and acquire digital literacy while developing problem solving skills and creating a professional network. We are a group of students who love films and want to be able to share that love with a wider audience. We want to start a conversation about current cinema that will continue to help our readers see films in a new light and have a greater appreciation for the entertainment they watch.
Accepted Conferences for Cinemablography
#BUDSC15: Collaborating Digitally: Engaging Students in Public Scholarship
Bucknell University, November 6-8, 2015
Lewisburg, Pennyslvania
Keystone Digital Humanities Conference
University of Pennsylvania, July 22-25, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Re: Humanities. An Undergraduate Symposium on Digital Media
Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges
Pennsylvania, April 4-5, 2013
Bucknell University, November 6-8, 2015
Lewisburg, Pennyslvania
Keystone Digital Humanities Conference
University of Pennsylvania, July 22-25, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Re: Humanities. An Undergraduate Symposium on Digital Media
Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges
Pennsylvania, April 4-5, 2013
