Velvet Light Trap

Velvet Light Trap

"The Velvet Light Trap" is a film and television studies journal collectively edited by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and The University of Texas at Austin, with the support of media scholars at those institutions and throughout the United States.

Each issue covers critical, theoretical, and historical topics relating to a particular theme. Past themes include "Innovation and Experimentation", "Defining the Americas: Media Within/Across Borders", "DVDs", "Authorship", "Narrative & Storytelling" and "Pornography".

History

In 1971, graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison started a quarterly publication, "The Velvet Light Trap". Russell Campbell and John Davis founded the journal and served as editor and publisher, respectively. The journal’s name originates from a specific part of the film camera that keeps the light out. In its earliest years, "The Velvet Light Trap" served the local film community with a journal that emphasized American film history. "The Velvet Light Trap" drew upon the talents of the graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison but it was not an official university publication. As the journal increased its circulation, it spread beyond the local community.

By the mid 1970s, "The Velvet Light Trap" had established a reputation for scholarly research, with faculty from around the United States publishing articles in special issues such as "RKO Radio Pictures," "MGM," and "Warners Revisited." "The Velvet Light Trap" often attempted to define the styles and genres that distinguished individual Hollywood studios. Access to primary documents at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research led to special interests such as the blacklist period (1947-1960s).

In 1989, the journal changed publishers, moving to the University of Texas Press. As part of the deal with the journal’s founders, UT graduate students would collectively co-edit the journal along with Madison students. With the move to the UT Press, the journal established an international advisory editorial board and instituted blind, peer-review evaluation of its essays. The bi-annual format of Madison publishing an issue in the fall and Texas publishing an issue in the spring still stands.

External links

* [http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jvlt.html "The Velvet Light Trap"] — University of Texas Press page.


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