Film-Philosophy
Journal | Salon | Portal (ISSN 1466-4615)
Guide for Authors
Summary Write a personal and philosophical
text Emphasise with *asterisks* Mark book and film titles with
_underscores_ Give page references for *all*
quotations Give your text a succinct
title Email to the editor *not* the
salon 1) Content Guide 2) Electronic Text Guide 3) Submitting Your Text 1) Content Guide a. Book Review-Article Exposition, discussion, and critique
-- the sort that comes after a straight read-through. We are
especially interested to know if the book advances our
philosophical understanding of the image in all its
'stylistic' forms. Where applicable: relate purely
philosophical books to film and film theory, and prise-out
the philosophical from general film books. But overall we
are interested to hear three things: 1. How useful is the book? In other
words, how does it advance its subject? Will it be useful to
readers in its own or other fields? And how might it be best
put to work? 2. Has the book changed you? Did it
change your mind about any particular theories or
philosophies? Will it affect or change your own
work? 3. Does the book use the specificity
of film (colour, movement, time, framing, etc.) to advance
its ideas, or merely the themes and stories of
cinema. b. Film Review Article The salon is looking for articles
about formally innovative and philosophically incisive films
-- with a certain bias towards world cinema. Film
review-articles should develop out of the form of film --
finding thoughtful intention in colour and movement and time
and sounds and framing, not just in dialogue and plot --
resulting in a meditation on how the whole film (colours
*and* characters) drives thoughtful meaning. Alongside these
formal considerations, writers are also encouraged to
describe their personal, emotional reaction to the
film. c. Reply to Review Of course, primarily assess the
reviewer's contentions and interpretations (not forgetting
to point to where the reviewer has made illuminating
comments). But also, if possible, extend and expand on the
ideas of your book using the review as a
springboard. d. Article Anything relating to film and
philosophy, but articles are especially welcome that relate
the moving sound image (in all its formal guises) to the
workings of philosophical concepts and ideas. Style Simple, non-technical, informative,
informal, *personal*. It will also be published in simple
ascii text, so formatting -- such as tabs, italics, and
footnotes -- can not be used as normal. Please use the text
guide below. Finally, please give your text a title -- texts
submitted without one will be given one on
publication. Foreign Language Books All quotations (and any and all
foreign words) must be given in English. This also applies
to things like chapter titles. And remember not to use any
diacritical marks (like accented e's and a's), as your text
will be published in ascii. Length 2-3,000 words would be perfect, 1,000
a minimum, and 5,000 a good maximum. (For replies and short
film reviews 800 words is about the minimum publishable
length.) Deadline May be set as per article. For book
reviews please email your text within about two months of
receiving your review copy. 2) Electronic Text Guide When writing your text in a word
processing program please do *not* use formatting such as
italics, indenting or automatic endnotes -- these will
almost certainly be lost in email transfer. Your text will be published in plain
ascii text, so: To emphasise words or phrases *quote
with asterisks* -- where you would normally italicise,
underline, or mark in bold (differentiate, of course, from
quoting a 'word' or 'phrase'). Film and book titles should be marked
with underscores, e.g. _Blue Velvet_, Deleuze's
_Cinema_. Mark titles of articles and all
quotations with 'single quotation marks'. Use three spaced points to mark an
ellipsis within quotations. To mark footnote references use the
manual form [1] etc., not automatic superscript
footnote references. Instead of tabs or indenting, separate
all paragraphs with a one line gap. Do not use any diacritical marks --
accents, bars, dots etc., printed above or below letters; or
ligatures -- joined letters such as oe and ae. PLEASE GIVE PAGE REFERENCES FOR *ALL*
QUOTES. Page references from a book under
review can be in parentheses: . . . 'she wrote' (65). Furthermore, .
. . A 'Footnotes' section can be used for
texts containing further references: . . . 'he wrote'. [8]
Furthermore, . . . A filmography (film, director, year)
is preferable to references in the text if more than a few
films are referenced. For foreign films use the original
title unless the film is know generally by its English
title. A bibliography can be used in concert
with any 'Footnotes' section. References Here are examples of acceptable
citation styles: Edward R. O'Neill, 'Apprehending
Deleuze Apprehending Cinema', _Film-Philosophy_, vol. 2 no.
2, January 1998
<http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol2-1998/n2oneill>;
accessed 15 March 1999. Gregory Currie, 'Film, Reality, and
Illusion', in David Bordwell and Noel Carroll, eds,
_Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies_ (Madison,
Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996). Gilles Deleuze, 'The Actual and the
Virtual', trans. Charles T. Wolfe, _Any_, no. 19/20,
September 1997. Murray Smith, _Engaging Characters:
Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema_ (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1995). Accepted Spellings Filmmaker, avant-garde, film noir,
nouvelle vague, Dogme (not Dogma), mise en scene,
neorealism, vis-a-vis, jump-cut, CinemaScope, audiovisual,
point-of-view shot, (in the) 20th century, twentieth-century
(painting), Welles's film, the Coens' film, St Catherine, Dr
Bob, Mr Smith, Mrs Jones, ed., eds, vol., vols, nine, ten,
11, 12, 35mm, 2,500, thirty-year-old, 1930s and
40s. If you are writing a book review,
please also include details of the author's location or
academic address -- most reviews are forwarded to authors in
order for them to consider writing a reply. Text should be laid out: Your name Title Book Details: including ISBN, and
number of pages; or, Film Details: film, director,
year; or, Review details for those writing a
reply. -Text- Your University/College address, *or*
your town of residence and Country Footnotes Bibliography Filmography Note on Copyright Copyright of your review will lie with
_Film-Philosophy_. Permission needs to be gained for further
use. 3) Sending Your Review After writing your text in a word
processing program you can either simply paste it into an
email message (this is preferred), or send your document as
an email attachment. Before doing either it is *very*
important to remember that formatting such as italicised
words and endnotes are usually lost in either process (so as
you are writing please use *asterisks* and manual
referencing [8] as explained above). To remove all
word-processing codes use your program's 'Save As' command
to convert it to ASCII or DOS text. Set your email software to compose
messages in plain text (ascii). For example, if you are
using Outlook Express go into your Preferences, located in
the Edit menu; click on Message Composition, and under Mail
Sending Format switch to Plain Text (you should also uncheck
'Reply to messages in the format they were
sent'). Paste into an email, or attach the
document and send to the following address: editorANTISPAM@film-philosophy.com
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ADDRESS. Once we have received your text we
shall do one of two things: either send you any
notes/corrections and wait for your reply; or publish it as
is -- with any minor spelling and grammatical corrections --
usually within 2 or 3 months of receipt. Your text will be simultaneously
published on the website and email salon (copies of book
reviews are also sent to the publisher). In order to witness
all this, and any discussion that may follow from the
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