Fwd: CFP - Update

From: matthew wilhelm kapell <[email protected]>



*                   From Text to Screen: Spinning Words into Film in the
Science-Fiction and Fantasy Genres *
*Final Call*

The initial response to this Call for Papers for this project has been
excellent, but the editors are still hopeful to see proposals on certain
specific film/text combinations. Thus, this Final Call offers an overview
of this now contracted project with some of the specific films/texts we
hope to see proposals on. Please contact the editors at the email address
at the end of this Call if you've any interest in contributing.
Note: As a contracted volume the schedule is tight and we expect to
finalize a manuscript in the summer of 2014.
*Original Description*:
The translation of pre-existing works (plays, novels, short stories) to the
big screen remains a problematic process fraught with difficulties of
cultural translation and updates as well as differences in media forms and
traditions. How do filmmakers take a work - especially one that existed in
a different cultural and historical time - and translate it for
contemporary audiences?
Such films are seeing unprecedented success in American and world cinema.
Having received initial interest from an academic publisher the editors
seek chapter proposals on films and the pre-existing texts they are based
upon for a work that asks questions about the two kinds of "translation"
happening here: How do filmmakers produce a film based on a non-filmic
text? And, at the same time, how do they update the cultural ideas in those
pre-existing texts for a modern audience without losing the inherent ideas
of the original work?

*Proposals:*
Chapter proposals should provide a brief abstract (200-400 words) for a
chapter of 5,500 to 7,000 words and detail the main thesis of the proposed
chapter. Proposals should also include the name, discipline, and current
affiliation (if any) of the author(s) with a separate, single page C.V. The
editors are willing to consider proposals from graduate students and
independent scholars. Proposals should be sent, as a Word and
Word-compatible attachment to [email protected] by 1 March. Decisions
on proposals will be made during March and initial drafts are expected in
May with final drafts due by July or early August.
Many of the "obvious" topics (Tolkien, *Hunger Games*, *Harry Potter*,
etc.) have already been filled. However, the editors are currently
interested in proposals on the following works that have not yet been
covered in proposals:
*War of the Worlds* (Wells/Haskin [1953]/Spielberg [2005]) - Specifically,
post-9/11 aspects of Spielberg's narrative.
*Oz* (Baum/Semon [1925]/Fleming [1939]/Raimi [2013, *Oz The Great and
Powerful*]
*Ender's Game* (Card/Hood) - Specifically, the queer aspects of the
original novel and the heteronormalizing approach of the film.
*John Carter* (Burroughs/Stanton)
*Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (Graham-Smith/Bekmambetov)
The editors also welcome general queries and questions concerning possible
proposals and the suitability of specific films/texts at
[email protected].
We encourage possible contributors to contact the editors as soon as
possible and thank you for your interest.
Editors: Matthew Wilhelm Kapell & Ace G. Pilkington
[email protected]

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 Matthew Wilhelm Kapell |  matthewkapell.com

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