Jemma Saunders (Penny)
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.
- One of my favourite video essays from the last year - so cool (and terrifying!)
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"The presence of the filmmaker here is felt deeply through the use of a handheld camera (in this case a Tyco kids video camera)." John Bradburn's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/11/13/d...
- 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!
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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...
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- 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
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"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
- 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
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)“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
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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
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- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)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...
- 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...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
- Lovely to have my video essay screened as part of the CAL Research Festival at @unibirmingham.bsky.social today 🙂 #birmingham #carchitecture #hashtagnobodyuses
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- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"As a teaser for a video essay that has not (yet) materialised, this approach is succinct and logical but certainly leaves one with questions about what may have followed" Rich Matthews' fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/05/21/w...
- My fragment from another time
- "framed as it is in this Zoom interface, I imagine for many of us it is a reminder of the virtual gatherings that became so ubiquitous during the COVID lockdowns" @jemsaunders1.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/04/03/w...
- Brilliant Creative Practice Colloquium last week! Big thanks to the organising team for two insightful days of presentations, discussion, improv, making, collaboration across disciplines, reflection, and fun. From gnomes and badgers to self-talk and rebellious research. Loved it. #bfilmcpc
- A lovely fragment on lovely Detectorists.
- "Is this a slow videographic practice? I might even call it ‘furniture videographics’ but then that would do it a disservice." @richardlangley.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/05/01/s...
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"I was genuinely excited by the idea of ‘seeing through sound’...with an immediate feeling of ‘I want to try that!’." @cormacrestrike.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/03/04/b...
- Super excited for the third Creative Practice Colloquium at @unibirmingham.bsky.social today, with a fab line up! #bfilmcpc
- A little snippet from one of my reflections in our first editorial. Watch the fragment by @willdigravio.bsky.social at fragments.video
- "I experienced this rough cut as an archive of Will’s intentions, a showcase of how various videographic techniques were being deployed to achieve them" @willdigravio.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/04/16/p...
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- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"bringing the poetic/explanatory to the fore and then distracting us briefly from it by having AI battle it out for our very videographic souls." @colleenlaird.bsky.social & @daynarama.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more fragments.video/2025/05/21/g...
- This was fun! Cliff Richard, Birmingham, and desktop documentary. Thanks Zaragoza! #realandimaginedspacesinfilm
- Reposted by Jemma Saunders (Penny)"haunting, unsettling and alludes to both the ethical and technical concerns that can arise when working with materials and software" Johannes Binotto's - @sennahojottonib.bsky.social - fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/05/03/l...
- Check out 'Fragments', a new journal that I'm so proud to be involved with alongside @cormacrestrike.bsky.social and @willdigravio.bsky.social. The first collection and editorial can be perused below!
- We are delighted to launch ‘Fragments’, a new journal of experimental videographic form and method. Please enjoy our first collection of fragments and check out our evolving manifesto to learn a little more about our ambitions for this journal. fragments.video
- Excited to be presenting at this conference next week, albeit remotely! #RealandImaginedSpacesinFilm
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- This was fun!
- "Cut to Sound" is a group exercise prompt based on a collaborative videographic experiment, exploring the relationship between sounds, images, and words. See detailed instructions + 3 videos made by 24 participants here: www.arielavissar.work/cut-to-sound Check them out - and make your own!
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- Registration is still open for the next Creative Practice Colloquium at @unibirmingham.bsky.social in June! Theme: 'the individual voice in academia: blending creativity and scholarship' cpcuob.wixsite.com/online/2025
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- So delighted for my colleagues and friends on their #BAFTSS2025 success! Go team FCW.
- Amazing Rebellious Research workshop at @baftss.bsky.social today from the Practice Research SIG - bring on the manifesto! Also a plug to all creative practice researchers for the Creative Practice Colloquium at UoB in June! #BAFTSS2025
- Registration: cpcuob.wixsite.com/online/2025
- Fascinating PGR workshop at #BAFTSS2025 on industry, academia and the challenges and possibilities of working across both. Thanks @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social @rorygleeson.bsky.social and James Dunlop.
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- Finally sharing my #videoessay about Robin Hood films, created for @kathleenloock.bsky.social's 'Remakes and Memories' call (part of @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social). Was lucky enough to screen this in Hannover last month - please enjoy! vimeo.com/959810774
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- It may take some time to recover from the final episode of #BigBoys. Exceptional, devastating, joyful television.
- Today! Join us at KOKI in #Hannover 📽️
- TV drama meets Birmingham airport. #EmilyinParis #PeakyBlinders
- I'll be at this event in February with some awesome video essay folk! Thank you @kathleenloock.bsky.social for the invitation, very excited to be part of it 📽️
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- Long live the television. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Farewell, #GavinandStacey. Tidy ending.
- A pleasure to be asked to contribute to the Sight and Sound video essays poll again! Such an amazing collection of work from the past year; check out the whole lot (and my picks) here: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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- In an effort to combine PhD with parenting, I'm introducing my child to city symphonies. We'll see how long it lasts when trains aren't visible...
- Seeing Aidan Turner play a 1980s journalist who lives in the same house he frequented as Poldark in his tricorn hat is weirdly perplexing. #Rivals
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- Almost forgot I made this - definitely need to get [the thoughts] spinning again. vimeo.com/911842948
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