The promotional imagination of film and television – inaugural lecture of Professor Paul Grainge

From trailers and promos to ads and brand videos, promotional media have become a central part of contemporary screen life. This lecture explores the significance of the promotional short-forms that surround movies and TV shows.

Tags: Department of Culture Film and Media, film, film and television, inaugural lecture, television

Spreadable Marketing breakfast event

Professor Paul Grainge and Dr Cathy Johnson will explain how you can capture attention and create new, powerful advocates for your business by creating ‘spreadable’ content that consumers, clients and suppliers want to view and share with others. This ‘Spreadable Marketing’ breakfast event will draw on research into screen promotion undertaken at The University of Nottingham’s Department of Culture, Film and Media.

Tags: BEIS, business, Business Engagement and Innovation Services, Cathy Johnson, Department of Culture Film and Media, Ingenuity, Marketing, network, networking, Paul Grainge

Chinese cinema: space, identity and politics research symposium

The Department of Culture, Film and media present ‘Chinese cinema: space, identity and politics research symposium’.

Tags: China, cinema, culture, Department of Culture Film and Media, film, Hongwei Bao, research, symposium

Passions of the Cut Sleeve

For a long time, homosexuality has been regarded as a ‘western import’ in China. Hongwei Bao examines evidence from China’s history suggesting otherwise, and in doing so offers a new understanding of same-sex intimacy in the context of China.

Tags: China, culture, Department of Culture Film and Media, history, homosexuality, Hongwei Bao, LGBT, media, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing

Join the Department of Culture, Film and Media for a screening of Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing, the first documentary to investigate Tibetan migration to Han cities and gender issues in Tibet.

Tags: China, Department of Culture Film and Media, documentary, film, Hongwei Bao, Jocelyn Ford, Q&A, screening

Why contemporary happiness is making us miserable: a Lacanian perspective

Dr Colin Wright, Department of Culture, Film and Media, and the Health Humanities Network present ‘Why contemporary happiness is making us miserable: a Lacanian perspective’.

Tags: Colin Wright, Department of Culture Film and Media, health, Health Humanities Network, mental health

Writing around Contemporary Art

Emma Biggs and Matthew Collings are successful artists and writers, and will discuss their involvement with writing and the making of art by critically analysing different forms of writing used in support of their work as artists.

Tags: art, Department of Culture Film and Media, Emma Biggs, Lakeside Arts Centre, Matthew Collings, Paul Gladstone

Hollywood producer praises film MA

A leading Hollywood visual effects producer has praised a new film course at Nottingham.

Appears in Issue 67

Tags: Department of Culture Film and Media, Dr Gianluca Sergi, Francine Marchetti, Institute of Screen Industries Research, MA in Film, Television and Screen Industries