Topics, themes and deadlines

NOTE: Scopophilia will publish other submissions outside of this calendar. The deadlines are to give theme and organization to posts published within the same time frame.

September
Visual Pleasure
Deadline: Aug. 31
Papers should involve the use of visual pleasure in media. The joy of looking at something is a powerful force and how it is used is extremely important.

October
Season in Hell
Deadline: Sept. 30
Papers/work/critique on this topic can include harsh seasons as a theme or motif in visual media or the use of biblical imagery as particularly hellish in an individual work or works.

November
Bullet Ballet
Deadline: Oct. 31
The title of Shinya Tsukamoto's 1998 movie, submissions should include the influences of war, violence and gunfights on visual media past and present.

December
Appropriate Appropriations
Deadline: Nov. 30
When is there a proper way to remake a film? For an homage? For a pastiche? Studio executives hope to cash in on remakes of cartoons, television series, and even other movies. Artists also incorporate outside influence into their art.

January
Lynch mob
Deadline: Dec. 31
This will be our first director themed issue (considering we all want to write about movies anyway). From Twin Peaks to Mulholland Drive, January's issue will be devoted to the influence and influences of David Lynch.

February
Love is in the air
Deadline: Jan. 30
So it's February and that means Valentine's Day. So let's have the theme be about relationships -- both squishey and nonsquishey varieties. If you're fond of an actor/director relationship or just want to comment on sexually underlying themes in Kevin Smith's work, this issue will deal with relationships in and out of visual media.

March
Memory and Forgetting
Deadline: Feb. 28
Our mind can play cruel tricks on us and memories can help us relive happier times. How does memory and forgetting impact a visual society or media. Obvious film titles include Memento, Paycheck and Dark City to name a few.

Banned words

gaze, the
The concept of gaze (often also called the gaze), in analysing visual media, is one that deals with how an audience views other people presented. This concept is extended in the framework of feminist theory, where it can deal with how men look at women, how women look at themselves and other women, and the effects surrounding this (from Wikipedia).

Other, the
It may be best defined through Wikipedia's definition for Other

scopophilia
Most easliy defined as "pleasure of looking" or "visual pleasure." See Voyeurism
(using our namesake frivously will only get your submission thrown in the circular filing cabinent)

voyeurism
Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing (From Wikipedia).

Submission Guidelines

Scopophilia accepts reviews, observations and criticism on anything that affects the visual media. Reviews of books and articles concerning visual media will also be accepted. Movie reviews and DVD reviews will also be accepted.

Scopophilia plans to include a list of artists, directors and critics with details about their influence on visual media in the near future. If you have someone in mind for this listing, please send an e-mail to scopophiliajournal@hotmail.com with the words "visual media influence" in the subject.

Scopophilia thought it would be nice to include some friendly reminders of what kind of formating Scopophilia would like to see submitted.

The biggest difference between print and Web articles is that Web articles are harder on the eyes to read, so we'd like to see smaller paragraphs and a return in between the paragraphs so that there is a line of spacing between each.

Bolding titles is more easily recognized than using the standard quote marks, so Scopophilia asks that titles of books, movies, art work and anything else that would normally necessitate quote marks to be bolded instead.

For the time being, Scopophilia will be using The Associated Press style when it comes to more mundane editing tasks (months, states, etc.), but soon hopes to incorporate the Chicago Manual of Style.

Be sure to check out our banned words list. Scopophilia will abide by this list, with little exception. This list will continue to be updated as the journal progresses, as will the submission guidelines.

Also be sure to check out our Topics/themes list to see what kind of ideas we will be publishing in the future. Scopophilia will publish other submissions outside of this calendar. The deadlines are to give theme and organization to posts published within the same time frame.

Submissions should be directed toward scopophiliajournal@hotmail.com with the word "submission" in the subject. Paste your submission into the body (preferably with any html coding necessary). Do not post html for including photos or art, instead include the URL. No attachements please.

Scopophilia would like to include original artwork as well, but send a query e-mail to scopophilia@hotmail.com to get a list of specs that we will require.