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Research
Research interests
- Animation
- Early Cinema
- Film sound and music
- Useful cinema: advertising, scientific, educational and industrial film
Current research
My research investigates the way cinema has been influenced by and interacted with other art forms and cultural practices, and the implications this has for definitions of cinema, both historically and in the present day. Animation, early cinema, and film music/sound, individually and in combination, have all provided areas of research that are particularly well suited to this rich topic and are the basis of my existing publications. My monograph, Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018), explores early British animated cartoons prior to the advent of sound cinema, with a particular focus on the relationship between the moving image and the graphic arts and other pre-cinematic entertainments, as well as the neurological processes involved in the perception of these forms. While always rooted in Film studies, the intermedial focus of my research has necessarily required openness to interdisciplinary methods, drawing on art history, theatre and performance studies, literary and adaptation studies, and contemporary work in the neurosciences.
My most recent research focuses on the role of animation in advertising and other applied fields, such as science, education and the military. Animation has been extensively utilised in these fields, shaping the way the world was understood and developing animation techniques and technologies. However, this has been largely ignored in favour of framing animation as art or entertainment, making this a rich field for further historical investigation. I have published on this topic in the collections Aardman Animations: Beyond Stop-Motion (2020) and The Animation Studies Reader (2018) and I co-edited (with Professor Kirsten Thompson) a collection titled Animation and Advertising (2019) that demonstrates the breadth of this topic.
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Teaching
I teach the following modules:
FILM1036/7 - 'What is Cinema? Film, Art and Technology'
FILM2023 - Animation: Technology, culture and industry
FILM3aXX - Cinema and the Environment
FILM2002 - Early and Silent Cinema, 1895-1929
FILM6043 Preparing for the Dissertation
FILM6027 Film Studies Dissertation
As well as supervising BA final year and MA dissertations.
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Biography
Dr Malcolm Cook is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the 黑料社.
My research interests include animation, early cinema and film music/sound. I have published a number of journal articles, chapters and books on these areas, including my monograph Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018). I have also co-edited (with Professor Kirsten Thompson) a collection titled Animation and Advertising (2019).
I was appointed Lecturer in Film at the 黑料社 in 2015. I have previously taught at Middlesex University, Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), and Birkbeck (University of London). My research informs my teaching on modules about animation, early cinema and film history.
I have a PhD from Birkbeck, University of London. I also hold an MA in History of Film and Visual Media from Birkbeck, and a BA in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick.
Prizes
- Runner-Up Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award Best Scholarly Book in Animation (2019)
- Runner-Up Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award Best Scholarly Book in Animation (2021)
- Honourable Mention for Best Edited Collection in British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Awards 2021 (2021)
- Runner-Up Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award Best Scholarly Book in Animation (2019)
- Runner-Up Norman McLaren/Evelyn Lambart Award Best Scholarly Book in Animation (2021)
- Honourable Mention for Best Edited Collection in British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Awards 2021 (2021)
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