SIGHTLINES JOURNAL

Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy Journal is Australia’s leading venue for screen-based non-traditional research outputs. It features an array of work (including screenplays, documentary, and moving image pieces), all of which are published alongside written practitioner statements and peer reviews of the work. This format fosters critical debate on the evolving nature of screen-based creative practice research, by highlighting a variety of research aims and approaches.

The journal was born out of a conference of the same name, which was first held at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 2014. The first two issues of the journal were linked to this conference, while a more open call for contributions resulted in issues three and four. The journal is currently managed by the ASPERA Research Subcommittee. Please stay tuned for future calls for works!

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Case Studies

Filmmaking Research Network (FRN) has created four case studies that are valuable Teaching, Learning and Research resources. View or download by clicking on the buttons below.

FILM IN IMPACT CASE STUDIES

FILMMAKING AS RESEARCH

RESEARCHING FILMMAKING PRACTICES

FUNDING FOR FILM AS RESEARCH

SIGHTLINES JOURNAL

ISSUE 6 2024

CONTRIBUTING RESEARCHERS

Alastair Hagger Turpin: The Notorious

Alex Nevill Ferroequinology

Ataa Alsalloum Uprooted Syrian Heritage Resettled in the UK

Catherine Gough-Brady Questioning Creative Practice Human Research Ethics

Cecilia Stenbom Radio Off

Emma Piper-Burket GATHER(ED)

Jayalakshmi Garrabost Dance of the Seasons

Michelle Johnston Earthship Freo
Natalie Krikowa Queer Representation Matters
Nico Meissner Last Seen: Katie Kelly
Lachlan Pendragon An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Ross Adrian Williams Bird Sounds

Suzy Miller Wild Camping

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Pictured: Dance of the Seasons - Jayalakshmi Garrabost, GATHER(ED) - Emma Piper-Burket, Last Seen: Katie Kelly - Nico Meissner

SIGHTLINES JOURNAL

ISSUE 5 2023

CONTRIBUTING RESEARCHERS

Patrick Kelly On Queer Selfies

Felix Gyebi Kukunor ni Tsu

Liz Burke Aliens Among Us

Dafydd Sills-Jones & Roger Owen Amrywiaethau Cafflogion #3

Catherine Gough-Brady Creating 70+

Aparna Sharma Still Light

Martin Koszolko Ngannelong
Anna Chiara Sabatino Videopharmakon
Miranda Wilson Letterbox Populi
David Cowlard Lung
Justin Harvey Curtain

Hiran Matheus Pau de Selfie

READ ISSUE 5

Pictured: Kukunor ni Tsu - Felix Gyebi, Curtain - Justin Harvey, Lung - David Cowlard

SIGHTLINES JOURNAL

ISSUE 4 2022

CONTRIBUTING RESEARCHERS

Tom Carter Into Dust
Charles de Salis Flying

Maxine Gee Golems Inc

Keith Marley Fleur de sel: étude numéro 2

Márcio Andrade Prayers out of the closet

Aaron Burton & Madeline Goddard Between the Tides

Nick Cope Sarva Mangalam!
Catherine Gough-Brady Characters, Interrupted
Gwen Isaac Tokyo Woman
Dominic Lees The Burning
Katherine Lorenzoni Fragments

Nico Meissner Paths Untold
Shuai Li Ice City: Harbin
Simon Weaving Entangled

READ ISSUE 4

Pictured: Entangled - Simon Weaving, Prayers out of the closet - Marcio Andrade, Between the Tides - Aaron Burton & Madeline Goddard

SIGHTLINES JOURNAL

ISSUE 3 2021

CONTRIBUTING RESEARCHERS

Angie Black The First Provocation
Indranil Chakravarty Hometowns: A Biopic on Suresh Biswas
Chris Neilan A Reverie
Jennifer Oey et al The Box: Five Short Films
Brenda Robles Greta Ruiz and the Signs of Love
Patrick Kelly The Trouble
Stephen Connolly Machine Space
David Moore The Kino Paper Vs. the Digital Paper Vs…
Trish FitzSimons Fabric of War: Why Wool?