Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100394

Funded Activity Summary

Superheroes: Creative Force, Cultural Zeitgeist and Transmedia Phenomenon. Since their emergence in 1938 comic book heroes have become imbedded in our popular culture, becoming part of our modern mythology. In each form and every generation these characters serve as cultural signposts, articulating our loftiest ideals and deep-seated anxieties. The project aims to explore the historic, creative and artistic development of the genre across multiple media and its political and social significance. The genre has been enormously successful in film, with the top 100 films accounting for approximately $13 billion in profit for the companies that produced them. The project will explore how the successful transmedia crossover further offers insight into the strategies that drive creative industries such as film, television, video games and comics. The project will work with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image to develop a Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition and a series of research projects, public events and an international conference to engage both the general public and academics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-06-2016

End Date: 30-04-2021

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $287,979.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cinema Studies | Screen and Media Culture | Film, Television and Digital Media | Film and Television

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Visual Communication | The Media | Communication Across Languages and Culture |

Other Keywords

Cinema Studies | Communication Across Languages and Culture | Film and Television | Film, Television and Digital Media | Screen and Media Culture | The Media | Visual Communication

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