JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

For issue 16, the journal is keeping its regular call for submissions open. We therefore invite submissions focusing on the production, consumption, circulation, and cultural exchange of topics related to film, television, or the digital universe. The journal has a special, though not exclusive, interest in receiving submissions on audiovisual production in Spain and Latin America.

Submission instructions:

Proposals must be included in one of these sections:

1. Video essays: audiovisual essays that provide a critical view of aspects of cinema, television, or popular culture in a broader sense.
2. Creation: experimental or documentary proposals that approach a specific cultural field, provided that it is related to the history and/or practice of the audiovisual field.

Video essays must be uploaded to the VIMEO or YOUTUBE platform in private format. Each author must send the following information to this email address: tecmerinrevista@uc3m.es

1. Video URL. The video must be anonymous.
2. Video password.
3. A 500-800 word presentation text in Word format (also anonymous).
4. Three to five (3-5) keywords describing the video.
5. A frame from the video that is representative of its content, to be used as the cover image if published. This image must not contain the title of the video.

Neither the videos nor the texts should contain the name of the author in order to facilitate peer review.

Languages: Video essays may be in any language with subtitles in Spanish and/or English.

Duration: The maximum duration of the video essays is preferably 10-15 minutes.

Instructions for the presentation text of the audiovisual essay

The text must accompany the audiovisual essay and its purpose is to provide a scientific analysis of aspects of the piece, such as the theoretical background from which the essay is articulated or the justification for the analysis. Under no circumstances should it be a transcription of the narration, and it should avoid repeating information that is seen in the audiovisual essay.

The text must include:

1. Title of the piece (bold)

2. Author and full affiliation

3. Summary (up to 100 words)

4. Keywords (between three and five, in alphabetical order)

5. Text (500-800 words)

6. Bibliography (and filmography)

As this is an academic publication, the text must establish a dialogue with other previous theoretical proposals, so it is necessary to cite the works on which it is based. These references must appear within the text and in a bibliography at the end of the text (which is not included in the 500-800 word limit). Therefore, works that have not been cited in the body of the text should not appear in the list of references.

It is also advisable to add a filmography with the titles referred to in the text. Both bibliographic and filmographic references must follow APA guidelines (7th edition), which can be found in this document.

The presentation text must be in Spanish or English. If the video essay is accepted for publication, it is recommended that you send the presentation text in Spanish and English and include subtitles in both languages in order to have a greater impact.

Subtitles: We recommend using a professional subtitling program such as “Aegisub” or “Jubler,” or, if the proposal is finally accepted, writing the subtitles in VIMEO, the platform where the journal will be hosted. Subtitle files (.srt) generated with post-production software (Adobe Premiere, Davinci Resolve, …) are also allowed. 

An author who publishes in the journal may not republish until one year later.