Episodes and Transcripts

  • Audiovisual Cultures episode 121 – Grant Applications

    Audiovisual Cultures episode 121 – Grant Applications

    Show notes 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 such as the necessary preparation, where to find specific guidance, compiling a budget and networking. Issues that arise include paying yourself and…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 120 – Jordan Mode with Jordan Lam

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 120 – Jordan Mode with Jordan Lam

    Show notes 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…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures 119 – Maysville

    Audiovisual Cultures 119 – Maysville

    Show Notes 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…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures Episode 118 – SEO Optimizers with Brandon Leibowitz

    Audiovisual Cultures Episode 118 – SEO Optimizers with Brandon Leibowitz

    Show notes 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…… Read more

  • Audiovisual Cultures episode 34 – Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen and Freddie Mercury (reissue)

    Audiovisual Cultures episode 34 – Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen and Freddie Mercury (reissue)

    Show notes 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…… Read more

  • On #chalk, censorship and community

    On #chalk, censorship and community

    Originally posted on gww: #chalk Last month I attempted to create a communal chalk drawing, by inviting the guests at an event I organized to grab a piece of chalk on the way out and contribute to a drawing that I had already started. The event was an interview with Richard Demarco, arts patron, artist… Read more

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