Jemma Saunders (Penny)
@jemsaunders1.bsky.social
Film & TV placement person by day, audio-visual PhD student researching Birmingham's representation on screen by night (both UoB). Videographic criticism, documentary, TV, history, locations, employability... and being a Mum.
Thanks to @benspatz.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social this afternoon, alongside thought-provoking presentations from Ben, @ellwrig.bsky.social and Oscar Vinter on 'video ways of thinking'. Lovely to see colleagues excited about audiovisual research!
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Thanks to @benspatz.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social this afternoon, alongside thought-provoking presentations from Ben, @ellwrig.bsky.social and Oscar Vinter on 'video ways of thinking'. Lovely to see colleagues excited about audiovisual research!
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"At once commenting, reflecting, reinforcing, and completing each other, propelled along by a perfectly chosen accompaniment" Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/08/27/t...
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"At once commenting, reflecting, reinforcing, and completing each other, propelled along by a perfectly chosen accompaniment" Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/08/27/t...
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Call for Applications!
Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028).
Funded accommodation & board provided.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028).
Funded accommodation & board provided.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Call for Applications!
Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028).
Funded accommodation & board provided.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028).
Funded accommodation & board provided.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
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🚨 THE VIDEO JAM IS BACK! 🚨
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
🚨 THE VIDEO JAM IS BACK! 🚨
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
📅 January 16–18, 2026
To celebrate five years of The Essay Library, we'll be coming together once again to create video essays in 48 hours.
Learn more + join: theessaylibrary.com#jam
A very short winter film project in response to Chris Snow's book 'On a train home with the Sun in my eyes). (See @mapsanddiagrams on Instagram)
vimeo.com/1151243688
vimeo.com/1151243688
#onatrainhomewiththesuninmyeyes
Inspired by Chris Snow's 'On a train home with the Sun in my eyes' (2025) aka Maps & Diagrams https://mapsanddiagrams.co.uk/ Filming and editing…
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January 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
A very short winter film project in response to Chris Snow's book 'On a train home with the Sun in my eyes). (See @mapsanddiagrams on Instagram)
vimeo.com/1151243688
vimeo.com/1151243688
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"Sarah uses the adjective ‘uncanny’ at the end of her description, and her subtle deployment of ‘the sound of hand cream’ is instrumental in creating this feeling." @horror-scholar.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/08/27/e...
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Sarah uses the adjective ‘uncanny’ at the end of her description, and her subtle deployment of ‘the sound of hand cream’ is instrumental in creating this feeling." @horror-scholar.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/08/27/e...
Lovely to be invited to vote in the @sightsoundmag.bsky.social best video essay poll again this year! And thanks to @colleenlaird.bsky.social for giving a mention to @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social and the brilliant Cheezit Timeline.
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll, organised by by Jiří Anger, Veronika Hanáková, Kevin B. Lee and Occitane Lacurie, showcases a record 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The best video essays of 2025
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lovely to be invited to vote in the @sightsoundmag.bsky.social best video essay poll again this year! And thanks to @colleenlaird.bsky.social for giving a mention to @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social and the brilliant Cheezit Timeline.
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Our 3rd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 12 fragments (from nine creators). Read our editorial and view them all here fragments.video
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our 3rd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 12 fragments (from nine creators). Read our editorial and view them all here fragments.video
Wrote a case study about placements, employability and the MA Film & Television for the University's Education in Practice Journal - check it out here: education-in-practice.co.uk/saunders-j-2...
Saunders, J. (2025) ‘Built-in, not bolt-on: embedding employability in postgraduate study. A Film and Television placement module case study’
Abstract This case study reflects on the embedded ‘Placement and Training’ module that has been an integral part of the MA in Film and Television: Research and Production at University of Birmingha…
education-in-practice.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wrote a case study about placements, employability and the MA Film & Television for the University's Education in Practice Journal - check it out here: education-in-practice.co.uk/saunders-j-2...
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Péter Lichter and Bori Máté's fragment shows "just how much the definition of a fragment can be stretched". Read their extended exploration of the making of the film and watch it as part of our 2nd collection of fragments. Find our more here fragments.video/2025/07/28/t...
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Péter Lichter and Bori Máté's fragment shows "just how much the definition of a fragment can be stretched". Read their extended exploration of the making of the film and watch it as part of our 2nd collection of fragments. Find our more here fragments.video/2025/07/28/t...
I absolutely need to find a way of watching this. Delighted to hear it opens with a caption 'which sets out exactly where we are and what is happening without the need for a lot of dialogue and showing rather than telling'. Excellent. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Robin Hood review – Sean Bean gifts us the most gloriously bad TV offering of the year
It ticks every box you could wish for in your olde worlde trash: Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham, faerie smut … and not a bad wig in sight! Hurrah!
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I absolutely need to find a way of watching this. Delighted to hear it opens with a caption 'which sets out exactly where we are and what is happening without the need for a lot of dialogue and showing rather than telling'. Excellent. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
Every time I watch this I'm weirdly intrigued by how much water gets in the bag... @bolddecade.bsky.social
"is it a humorous piece? Disturbing? What is the broader context from which this fragment comes? Will it feature in the final essay film or, like the damp loaf, is it now to be discarded?" @bolddecade.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/06/19/s...
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Every time I watch this I'm weirdly intrigued by how much water gets in the bag... @bolddecade.bsky.social
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"In Joel’s piece (and his description) I enjoy the idea of returning to a ‘safe’ videographic space, in this case the supercut, though one which is less ‘cut’ and more ‘blend’." Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/07/03/t...
October 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"In Joel’s piece (and his description) I enjoy the idea of returning to a ‘safe’ videographic space, in this case the supercut, though one which is less ‘cut’ and more ‘blend’." Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/07/03/t...
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"There is something in its constructed-ness that seems to demand a normative reading of the video, i.e., what it is saying about this character—the wrestler—and how he is treated by the film and by himself." @arielavissar.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. fragments.video/2025/06/19/t...
October 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"There is something in its constructed-ness that seems to demand a normative reading of the video, i.e., what it is saying about this character—the wrestler—and how he is treated by the film and by himself." @arielavissar.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. fragments.video/2025/06/19/t...
Finally saw The Sound of Music on a big screen for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago, and it was glorious. Cinema trips are few and far between post-parenthood! #JulieAndrews
In honour of Julie Andrews' 90th birthday tomorrow (and indeed, the 60th anniversary year of #TheSoundofMusic), here's the Screen Stars Dictionary entry I made a couple of years ago. 'Voice'.
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
Julie Andrews. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Jemma Saunders (University of Birmingham)
This is "Julie Andrews. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Jemma Saunders (University of Birmingham)" by JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS on Vimeo, the home for…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Finally saw The Sound of Music on a big screen for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago, and it was glorious. Cinema trips are few and far between post-parenthood! #JulieAndrews
In honour of Julie Andrews' 90th birthday tomorrow (and indeed, the 60th anniversary year of #TheSoundofMusic), here's the Screen Stars Dictionary entry I made a couple of years ago. 'Voice'.
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
Julie Andrews. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Jemma Saunders (University of Birmingham)
This is "Julie Andrews. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Jemma Saunders (University of Birmingham)" by JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS on Vimeo, the home for…
vimeo.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In honour of Julie Andrews' 90th birthday tomorrow (and indeed, the 60th anniversary year of #TheSoundofMusic), here's the Screen Stars Dictionary entry I made a couple of years ago. 'Voice'.
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
#JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #voice #videoessay @arielavissar.bsky.social
vimeo.com/828949634
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"The physical recreation of a footage bin...from magazine clippings combines with the carefully arranged Cheezit timeline and other elements to be entirely familiar as an editing space" Benedetta Andreasi's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more fragments.video/2025/06/25/c...
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The physical recreation of a footage bin...from magazine clippings combines with the carefully arranged Cheezit timeline and other elements to be entirely familiar as an editing space" Benedetta Andreasi's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more fragments.video/2025/06/25/c...
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“Wondersludge” is a sketch for a scene in my upcoming VR essay film. It’s presented here, in all its DIY glory. I no longer have the butcher knife.
Our 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video
September 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Wondersludge” is a sketch for a scene in my upcoming VR essay film. It’s presented here, in all its DIY glory. I no longer have the butcher knife.
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Very happy to have contributed a (35-seconds-long) fragment to the 2nd collection of @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social, alongside fragments by @drdanobrien.bsky.social, @bolddecade.bsky.social , @ursmusically.bsky.social, and others!
Our 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very happy to have contributed a (35-seconds-long) fragment to the 2nd collection of @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social, alongside fragments by @drdanobrien.bsky.social, @bolddecade.bsky.social , @ursmusically.bsky.social, and others!
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We're looking for participants in our "Hollywood Memories" project. Please tell anyone you think might be interested!
You like movies? 🎞️ Were born in the US? 🇺🇸 And really really like to talk about Hollywood and all things related? 🍿 Then we're looking for you! Our US case study is about to start, and we want to find out about your movie memories.
Register now!
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Register now!
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Participate
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September 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We're looking for participants in our "Hollywood Memories" project. Please tell anyone you think might be interested!
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Our 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video
My first time contributing to this! Check out the full compilation of 25 video essays about dreams here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeXz...
September 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My first time contributing to this! Check out the full compilation of 25 video essays about dreams here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeXz...
Does this mean Bond will come to Birmingham? Make it so, Mr Knight. But maybe not until after I finish my thesis. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
James Bond: Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight 'can't wait' to write latest film
Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight tells the BBC writing Bond
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Does this mean Bond will come to Birmingham? Make it so, Mr Knight. But maybe not until after I finish my thesis. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...