A collection of Essays, Articles and Ruminations on the nature of digital cinema and an investigation into new theoretical structures for filmmakers. This page is also home to ongoing PhD thesis research work and drafts in development.

Spaced Out
Current PhD thesis research

Vanishing Point
Spatial Composition and the Virtual Camera

Surveying Mise en Scene
An survey of differing perspectives on the cocnept of Mise en scene and the various means by which Mise en scene constructs have been applied

Mise en Space
Making and Watching through different frames

Cinematic Metadata
New frameworks of thinking about the moving image.

Hearing the Elephant down the hall
Rethinking Mise en scene sound and space.

Cinema Space
Definition, Form and Problem

Watching through a window
Literature Review: Perspectives on the cinematic Mise-en-scene

Cinematic, Problematic
PhD Thesis, chapter 1, first draf

Thinking Cinematic
Online video channel dedicated to exploring the moving image and the cinematic form.

PhD research bibliography
Selected Bibliography informing current PhD research work.