READING FILM
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Welcome to Reading Film, a collection of outstanding essays on film written by students at UW-Whitewater. Our Professional Writing and Publishing program collaborates with Film Studies to produce the journal. Student editors for the 2025 issue of Reading Film are Maryn Davenport, Kaitlyn Doty, Gabby Morales, and the students in our Publication Development course (PWP 430). Faculty editors are Donald Jellerson, Erica Moulton, and Janine Tobeck.
Students, submit your essay here by January 15th, 2026 if you would like us to consider it for the July 2026 issue.
The Editors
Spotlight and the Journalism Film
by Lalaina Chandanais
Visualizing the Invisible: How Animation Elevates Waltz with Bashir
by Maryn Davenport
Her: The Line Between Real and Imagined
by Regulus Lincicum
Corruption Creep: Adaptation Effects in Batman Begins
by Caleb Little
My Body Is My Power: Sex as a Product in The Dressmaker
by Zoey Prevett
Spielberg's Motifs: Humanity Seeking Deity
by Kaitlyn Van Wyhe
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The Editors