Audiovisual Cultures

Paula Blair informs listeners of the podcast pause until the new year. Find this episode’s extended show notes, links and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/10/26/audiovisual-cultures-october-2022-announcement/ Funding the podcast helps improve its quality and accessibility. Please drop a tip via the supporter link! Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paula Blair chats with Dean Simone, Val McAdoo and Pete Postiglione about making their sports-themed family drama independent feature film Game Day (dir. Edgar Michael Bravo, 2021). Each talk through their production experiences in front of and behind the camera, Italian-American culture and family, and growing film production and storytelling embedded in Philadelphia. Includes plot details and potential spoilers.Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Find this episode’s extended show notes, links and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/10/05/audiovisual-cultures-episode-126-game-day-with-dean-simone-val-mcadoo-and-pete-postiglione/ Funding the podcast helps improve its quality and accessibility. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paula Blair chats with Jenn Francis about making her podcasts Tools of the Podcast Trade and SoloMoms! Talk. We also hear about Jenn’s work with mindset coaching and mentoring, and about her travel experiences. We learn about getting started with podcast production, the importance of meeting people virtually and in person, and the ways Jenn is disrupting lasting stigmas around solo motherhood. If you get something out of this conversation or know someone who will, please share it and give it a good rating and review on your podcast app!Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. The book Jenn refers to is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.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, full guest bio and automated transcript at https://audiovisualcultures.com/2022/09/21/audiovisual-cultures-episode-125-podcasting-and-mindset-with-jennifer-francis/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on location at the Strand Arts Centre in East Belfast, programme manager Johanna Leech and cultural freelancer Robert J. E. Simpson chat to Paula Blair about the venue’s history, its current status and plans for its future. We then learn more about Robert’s work as an artist, an actor, a for-hire freelancer and with the CinePunked podcast. And finally, there is a post-viewing discussion between Robert and Paula after seeing Thor: Love and Thunder (dir. Taika Waititi, 2022) with plenty of references to plot details and lots of meandering off to other broadly relevant topics! 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.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/2022/09/07/audiovisual-cultures-episode-124-strand-thor-and-robert-simpson/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paula Blair visits Susan Hughes at Orchid Studios in Belfast to chat through her work. Susan is from Belfast and graduated with her MFA in 2021 from the University of Ulster and received that year’s Centre for Contemporary Art (Derry) and Platform Arts (Belfast) graduate awards. She has completed many artist residencies in Ireland and Scandinavia where she has used her traditional fiddle-playing as a bartering tool to gain access to local stories. In this episode we learn about Susan’s practice involving painting, text, sound, colour and light across different media, and spend time in particular on uses of language and encounters with the natural world. 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!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/2022/08/24/audiovisual-cultures-episode-123-studio-visit-with-susan-hughes/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trailer for Stories and Strategies, a podcast dedicated to the art, science, and profession of human conversation. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This conversation with artist Bethany Stead was recorded and broadcast for the Slack's Radio residency as part of Blazing New Worlds at the NewBridge Project in January 2022. Topics: folk art, drawing, creativity, sculpture, painting gender, sex, sexuality, vessels, bodies, awkwardness storytelling, intergenerational storytelling the arts in Newcastle upon Tyne and North East England being a member of NewBridge working for arts charities Links: https://www.bethanystead.com/ https://thenewbridgeproject.com/news/slacks-radio-in-residency-second-round https://www.visitnca.com/events/now-thats-what-i-call-art https://curiousarts.org.uk https://socialartnetwork.org If you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend! Recorded using Zencastr on 20 January 2022 and Audacity on 11 February 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 Auto-captioned videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcA audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Find more information, access episode transcripts, and join our mailing list at https://audiovisualcultures.com/ Funding the podcast helps improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Please support if you can. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This conversation with artist Richard James Hall was recorded and broadcast for the Slack's Radio residency as part of Blazing New Worlds at the NewBridge Project in January 2022. Discussion topics include: performance art, drawing, creativity, video, Instagram Live, curating disability, autism, bodies, being queer engagements with other artists such as Sally Madge and Victoria Gray the arts in Newcastle upon Tyne and North East England being a member of NewBridge Links: https://richardjameshall.weebly.com/artist-details.html https://thenewbridgeproject.com/news/slacks-radio-in-residency-second-round https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/programme/event/no-trace-without-resistance-celebrating-sally-madge,5826/ https://www.victoriagray.co.uk/ http://balticplus.uk/the-dream-of-fluxus-inspired-performance-03-sally-madge-c17062/ Image from Dick’s ‘Crossing the Summer River’ performance in 2016, photo by Arto Polus. If you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend! Auto-captioned videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcA Recorded using Zencastr on 19 January 2022 and Audacity on 8 February 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. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This conversation with directors of Vane gallery and artist-led organisation, Paul Stone and Chris Yeats, was recorded and broadcast for the Slack's Radio residency as part of Blazing New Worlds at the NewBridge Project in January 2022. This is a longer cut of what was originally broadcast, with a lot more detail on the 25-year history of Vane and how it has fared in recent years, including the recent move from Newcastle to Gateshead.Topics:the history and identity of VaneOrbis communitythe arts in Newcastle upon Tyne and North East Englandworking with and advocating for artistsfunding, community, and energyLinks:https://www.vane.org.uk/https://thenewbridgeproject.com/news/slacks-radio-in-residency-second-roundIf you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend!Recorded using Zencastr on 20 January and Audacity on 8 February 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 Auto-captioned videos on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcAaudiovisualcultures@gmail.comFind more information, access episode transcripts, join the mailing list and get in touch at https://audiovisualcultures.com/Funding the podcast helps improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Please support if you can. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Shail returns to discuss his pandemic odyssey through all things Star Trek with Paula Blair. Be warned, we do not hold back on (possibly misremembered) plot details!Topics: Series discussed: The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery Series mentioned: Short Treks, The Animated Series, Lower Decks, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Prodigy Films discussed and mentioned: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Star Trek Beyond (2016) aliens, allegory, gender, sexuality, nationality, race, language, family streaming, consumption, lockdowns, viewing habits, late-in-life Trekkie actors, directors, music, podcasts, main cast ranking the captains: (in no particular order) Picard, Janeway, Kirk, Saru, Pike, Sisko with mentions of Burnham and Lorcastory arcs prosthetic make-up, acting, recurring guest stars Please note, we were quite excited while recording and will have missed clarifying some things. For example when referring to Tuvok as the first Vulcan main character, we mean since Spock and are referring to the ‘Next Gen’ block of series. There are also some descriptions of nationalities that will come across as stereotypical; these are not our views, but a description of the ways alien species allegorise perceptions of ethnic or racial constructions in the shows.If you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend! Recorded on 15 and 16 January 2022 and 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 Auto-captioned videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcA audiovisualcultures@gmail.com Find more information, access episode transcripts, join the mailing list and get in touch at https://audiovisualcultures.com/ Funding the podcast helps improve its quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Please support if you can. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Paula Blair speaks to John Badger about making Mercury Theatre Podcast. Topics include:audio drama – directing, writing, producing and castingsound design, sound editing, sound effects, foleycreative writing, storytelling, characters, anthologiesworking with voice actors, remote recording, studio recordinggenre – mystery, comedy, thrillers, crime, historical dramathe Audioverse Awardsaudio drama recommendationsIf you enjoy this chat, please give it a good rating and share it with a friend!John’s links:https://linktr.ee/JohnSBadgerUseful links:https://www.matchmaker.fm/Auto-captioned videos on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfY05rl3tFNav-2ehQvHcAAutomated transcript: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/audiovisual-cultures-episode-112-mercury-theatre-podcast-with-john-badger-automated-transcript/ Recorded using Zencastr on 15 January 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/58703Paula and AVC’s links:https://bio.link/peablair audiovisualcultures@gmail.comPodcast website and mailing list sign-up: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/Early releases and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/avculturesTip jar: https://supporter.acast.com/audiovisual-cultures-podcastFunding the podcast helps improve the quality and provide more accurate transcripts and captions. Please support via the links above if you can. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/avcultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.