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Dear IAMCR colleague,

If you are intending to come to Sydney for the conference in 
August, you may wish to consider including this pre-conference 
seminar in Melbourne on the Thursday and Friday prior to the 
Sydney event. Talk to your travel agent to see how easily it 
can be arranged from your country.

Please also pass this information on to other members you know 
who might be interested, but don't use e-mail.  Thanks.

As one of IAMCR's longest-standing members in Australia, I look 
forward to greeting you in my home city on August 15.

John Sinclair.





'AUSTRALIAN FILM: INTO THE NEXT 100 YEARS'

A pre-conference event for the International Association for 
Mass Communication Research, hosted by the Faculty of Arts at 
Victoria University, the State Film Centre, and Film Victoria, 
August 15-16.


PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Thursday, August 15, 1996

5.00-7.00 pm  

Welcoming reception

Room 1200A, City Campus, Victoria University, 
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 3000. 


Friday, August 16, 1996

9.00 am-1.30 pm  

Academic seminar presentations, followed by lunch

Room 1200A, City Campus, Victoria University, 
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 3000. 


9.00 am-10.30 am  In the beginning...

William D Routt, Cinema Studies, La Trobe University
'The Australian moment: the rise and fall of multi-reel 
production in Australia, 1906-1913'.  Considers the period in 
which some of the world's earliest multi-reel films came to be 
made in Australia, particularly in the 'bushranger' genre. 

Ina Bertrand, Media Studies, La Trobe University 
'The mystery of the missing director'.  Using a particular 
case study, this paper critically examines the assumptions with 
which film historians have approached cinema production in the 
1910-1913 period in Australia.

Jeannette Delamoir, Media Studies, La Trobe University
'Making a name: Louise Lovely, star and commodity'.  Drawing on 
recent writing on beauty, consumer culture, and film, this paper 
traces the construction of the star image given to an Australian 
actress working in Hollywood at the time of WW1.


Anne Bittner, Media Studies, La Trobe University
'Programmes, performers, and Australian picture palaces'.  Taking 
the case of Melbourne's Regent theatre, this paper explores the 
relationship between stage entertainment, film programmes, and 
audiences in the 1920s.


10.30 am-11.00 am  Morning tea/coffee break

11.00 am-12.30 pm  Industry and culture

Ben Goldsmith, English, University of Queensland
'Out of the wilderness: the campaign to revive the Australian 
feature film industry in the 1960s'.  Concerns the success of 
critics and industry activists in persuading national and state 
governments to provide support for the 1960s renaissance.

Jane Landman, Communication/Language Studies, Victoria University
'Gender, genre and nation: the critical reception and location 
of "women's cinema" in Australian film culture'.  Takes the case 
of Gillian Armstrong (Little Women, Last Days at Chez Nous) to 
explore the process in which generic expectations are created.

Peter Hughes, Contemporary Cultural Enquiry, Ballarat University 
'The documentary project in the age of multimedia'.  In the 
context of the faded traditional paradigms of documentary cinema 
and their truth claims, examines audience address and rhetorical 
strategies of non-fiction in multimedia forms.

Deb Verhoeven, Film and Television, Victoria College of the Arts
'Thinking like a sheep, acting like a ham: some thoughts on 
performance and the Australian cinema'.  In the year of Babe, 
let's not forget the cinematic performances from when the 
Australian economy 'rode on the sheep's back'.


12.30 pm-1.30 pm  Lunch


2.00 pm-7.00 pm  

Multimedia display and film program, followed by final reception

State Film Theatre,
1 Macarthur Street,
East Melbourne (near corner of Collins and Spring Streets).





2.00 pm-2.30 pm  Special presentation

Robin Wright, Research and Development Manager, State Film Centre
'The State Film Centre of Victoria's digital media library'.  
'Cinemedia' is a digitised film library collection able to be 
booked, and ultimately, delivered, on-line.  Paper covers current 
video-on-demand trials, and copyright issues.


2.30 pm-4.00 pm  Film screenings and multimedia display 

4.00 pm-4.30 pm  Afternoon tea/coffee break

4.30 pm-6.00 pm  Film screenings and multimedia display

6.00 pm-7.00 pm  Closing reception 



GETTING THERE, ACCOMMODATION AND REGISTRATION

Melbourne is a gracious and cosmopolitan city of parks, 
restaurants, and classic nineteenth century architecture, well 
worth visiting for a few days ahead for those delegates who have 
the time.  The most popular attractions include the Southgate 
arts and leisure precinct on the Yarra River; the stylish street 
cafes of bayside St Kilda and bohemian Brunswick Street; the 
restaurants of Chinatown and the Italian strip, Lygon Street; and 
the Botanical Gardens and Victoria Market, major features of 
Melbourne's heritage from the last century.


When booking your return flight to Sydney, ask if you can fly in 
to Melbourne, then on to and out of Sydney.  If you can't get 
this as part of your return ticket, you can at least book a 
discounted Melbourne-Sydney flight when buying it.  Both Qantas 
and Ansett offer this for flights booked from overseas.


Visitors should arrange their own accommodation, but some 
suggestions are:

The Victoria Hotel
215 Little Collins Street
Melbourne Vic 3000 Phone: (61 3) 9653 0441  Fax: (61 3) 9650 9678

Rates: Single, $64; double or twin $79.  The Victoria is an older 
style hotel, but in the heart of the city, and walking distance 
from both seminar venues and downtown attractions.  Be sure to 
ask for the 'government rate' when booking.  


Downtowner on Lygon
66 Lygon Street
Carlton Vic 3053 Phone (61 3) 9663 5555     Fax: (61 3) 9662 3308

Rates: Double or twin from $109.  This is more city motel style 
accommodation, about a mile from the seminar venues, but walking 
distance from the Lygon Street strip.  Mention Victoria 
University of Technology to get this special rate.


Further information about tourist attractions in Melbourne and 
the State of Victoria can be obtained by mail from the RACV 
Tourist Information Centre, 230 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 
3000, or by phone (61 3) 9790 3333.


If you need a formal invitation to facilitate funding or other 
reason, just let the organiser know when returning the 
registration slip below.

All intending participants are asked to register soon as 
possible, but no later than August 1.  There is no registration 
fee, but it might become necessary to make a small charge payable 
at the seminar in order to cover lunch.  

Note that you should register directly with the Melbourne 
organiser, not through the Sydney office.


To register, please advise by e-mail, or post or fax the 
following slip to:

Dr John Sinclair, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, 
Victoria University of Technology, PO Box 14428, MCMC, Melbourne, 
Victoria, 8001. Phone (+ 61 3) 9688 4048, fax 9688 4805, 
e-mail: johnsinclair@vut.edu.au


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