Dr Brian Yecies

B.S. Marketing, MA. Journalism, MA Media Arts, PhD

Location: 19:2013
Phone: 0242 214076
Email: byecies@uow.edu.au

Research Specialisation

Brian's research interests include: contemporary Asian film genres and industry trends; the history of Hollywood in Asia; the coming of sound (1893-1937) to Austral-Asia; film and cultural policy in colonial Korea; the digital wave in China and South Korea’s cultural industries.

Research Projects

Showcasing Past, Present and Future Links Between the Australian and Korean Film Industries: Australia-Korea Foundation 2010-2011 Research/Book Project
Korean Cinema Challenges: Transformation of Planet Hallyuwood in a Post- Golden Age (Funded by a Advanced Research Grant from the Korea Foundation)
Exploring the Uniqueness and Complexity of Korea’s National Film Industry (Funded by a Research Fellowship from the Korea Foundation)
Film Policies in Korea During Japanese Colonial Rule, 1910-1945
The Coming of Sound to the Korean Cinema, 1929-1939
Discovering Negotiated Spaces of Cultural Expression: Examining Japanese Empire Archives
Origin and Development of Korea's Screen Quota System: Hollywood's Actions and Reactions (Funded by the Asia Research Fund)
Spotlight on the Global Popularity of the New Korean Cinema-Hallyuwood (Conference Panel Funded by the Australia-Korea Foundation)

Recent Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Books

Yecies B. with A. Shim. Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948, Routledge Advances in Film Studies. New York: Routledge, 2011. (Supported by a 2010 Academy of Korean Studies - SIKS Publication Grant).

Guest Editor - Special Refereed Journal Issues

Yecies B. with A. Shim. “Contemporary Korean Cinema: Challenges and the Transformation of Planet Hallyuwood.”. Acta Koreana Vol. 14, No. 1 (June 2011).
Yecies B. with B. Goldsmith and K.S. Lee. Riding the Korean Digital Wave,” Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy No. 141 (forthcoming November 2011).

Book Chapters

Yecies B. “Inroads for Cultural Traffic: Breeding Korea’s CinemaTiger.” In Daniel Black, Stephen Epstein and Alison Tokita (eds.), Complicated Currents: Media Production, the Korean Wave, and Soft Power in East Asia, Melbourne: Monash E-Press, 2010. 10.1-10.14.
Yecies B. and Goldsmith B. “Sejong Park’s Birthday Boy and Korean-Australian Encounters.” In Catherine Simpson and Renata Murawska (eds) Diasporas of Australian Cinema, Bristol: Intellect Books, 2009. 159-167.
Brian Yecies ‘Shiri’, ‘Number Three’, ‘Ownerless Ferryboat’, and ‘Story of Simchung’ – four entries in Frances Gateward (ed.), The History of Korean Cinem,Canadian Caboose Press. (forthcoming)
(2007) Brian Yecies. “Talking Salvation for the Silent Majority: Projecting New Possibilities of Modernity in the Australian Cinema, 1929-33.” In Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity. Eds. J. Damousi and D. Deacon. Canberra: ANU ePress, 2007.
(2007) Richard Caladine and Brian Yecies. “Strategies for Sharing the ReMoTe: Changing the Nature of Online Collaboration.” pp. 153-163. In Flexible Learning. Ed. Badrul H Khan (ed). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing.
(2006) Brian Yecies with Damien Chambers, "Double Take on Vengeance: Journey Through the Syncopic Editing Style in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. pp. 135-158. In Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, New Korean Cinema Series. Ed. Moonim Baek. Seoul :Yonsei Institute of Media Arts. (in Korean)
(2006) Brian Yecies. "The Coming of Sound to Cinema in Colonial Korea, 1926-39." pp. 120-157. In M. Baek (Eds.), Aesthetics and Historical Imagination of Korean Cinema. Seoul, Korea: Sodo.
(2004) Brian Yecies, "Reading Korean Stardom: Number 3 and the Reel, Real and Star Transformation of Song Kang-ho." In Number Three, New Korean Cinema Series. Ed. Moonim Baek. Seoul : Yonsei Institute of Media Arts, 2004. 34- 61.

Published Articles In Refereed Journals

(2011) B. Yecies. “Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema.” Acta Koreana 14:1 (June 2011): 33-71.
(2011) B. Yecies and A. Shim. “Contemporary Korean Cinema: Challenges and the Transformation of Planet Hallyuwood.” Acta Koreana 14:1 (June 2011): 1-15.
(2010) B. Yecies and B. Goldsmith. “Cinematic Hooks for Korean Studies: Using the ‘Apache’ Framework for Inspiring Students about Korea in and Through Film,” International Review of Korean Studies 7:1 (2010): 47-72.
(2010) B. Yecies and A. Shim. “Disarming Japan’s Cannons with Hollywood’s Cameras: Cinema in Korea Under U.S. Occupation, 1945-1948,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, 44-3-10, November 1, 2010.
(2010) B. Yecies and P. Goderie. “Cultural Flows Beneath Death Note (2006): Catching the Wave of Popular Japanese Culture in China,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, 35-1-10, August 30, 2010.
(2009) B. Yecies. “What the Boomerang Misses: Pursuing International Film Co-production Treaties and Strategies.” In D. Park (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Korean Studies Association of Australasia: Global Korea: Old and New. Sydney: KSAA, 2009. 83-91.
(2008) B. Yecies. “Planet Hallyuwood’s Political Vulnerabilities: Censuring the Expression of Satire in The President's Last Bang (2005)” International Review of Korean Studies 5:1: 37-64.
(2008) B. Yecies. “Sounds of Celluloid Dreams: Coming of the Talkies to Cinema in Colonial Korea.” Korea Journal 48:1,(Spring) : 160-197.
(2007) B. Yecies and A. Shim. “Hallyuwood Down Under: The New Korean Cinema and Australia, 1996-2007.” Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history. Issue #22 Uploaded December 2007.
(2007) B. Yecies. “Post-Burden or New Burden Korean Cinema?: Outside Looking in at the Latest Golden Age, 1996-?” In K. Shin & H. Chang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Biannual KSAA Conference: Enlightening Korea: Converging or Diverging? Perth,
WA: Korean Studies Association of Australia, 2007.
(2007) B. Yecies. "Parleying Culture against Trade: Hollywood's Affairs with Korea's Screen Quotas." Korea Observer Vol. 38, No. 1 (Spring 2007): 1-32.
(2006) B. Yecies. "Systematization of Film Censorship in Colonial Korea: Profiteering From Hollywood's First Golden Age, 1926-36." Journal of Korean Studies (Fall 2005): 59-84. A revised version appears in Korean in:Han Guk Mun Hak Yeon Gu (Studies in Korean Literature) Vol. 29 (June 2006): 203-237.
(2005) Brian Yecies, "Transformative Soundscapes: Innovating De Forest Phonofilms Talkies in Australia." Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/issue.php?issue=1
Uploaded 10 February 2005.
(2004) Brian Martin and Brian Yecies, "Disney through the Web looking glass." First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet, Vol. 9:6 (June 2004) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/martin
(2004) Brian Yecies, "Failures & Successes: Local & National Australian Sound Innovations, 1924-1929." Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue #16 (2004) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr_16/byfr16.html
Uploaded 10 May 2004.
(2004) “Projecting Sounds of Modernity: The Rise of the Local ‘Talkie' Technology in the Australian Cinema, 1924-1932”, Australian Historical Studies, Vol 35, No. 123, (April 2004): 54-83.
(2003) B Yecies with Ae-Gyung Shim, “Lost Memories of Korean Cinema: Film Policies During Japanese Colonial Rule, 1919-1937”, Asian Cinema Vol. 14 No. 2, (Fall/Winter 2003, pp. 75-90.
(1998) “Waxing IMAX: Enlarging the Myth of Total Cinema,” Australian Screen Education 16 (formerly Metro Education). St Kilda, VIC: Australian Teachers of Media. pp. 24-30.

Other Significant Publications

(2004) Industry Review: Brian Yecies, "Feature Film and TV Production in Australia : A Look at the Current Industry in 2004." Cinema Vision in Jeonju , Korea Vol. 1 (Autumn 2004): 34-41. (in English and Korean)
(2003) English Language Book Editor of: Yi Hyoin and Chung Chong-Hwa. Traces of Korean Cinema From 1945 to 1959. Translated by Ae-Gyung Shim. Seoul : Munhak Sasang Press.
(2003) Review of Im Kwon-Taek, The Making of a Korean National Cinema, in David James, Kyung Hyun Kim (eds.), Media International Australia Incorporating Culture & Policy, September, Wayne State UP, pp. 183-185.
(2002) Brian Yecies and Aegyung Shim “Korean Post New Wave Film Director Series: KIM Ki-Duk."Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue No. 14, Uploaded 12 November 2002.
(2002) Brian Yecies and Aegyung Shim “Hurray for Pusan and the Korean Post New Wave!: Asian Cinema Odyssey at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival,”Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue No. 14, Uploaded 25 July.
(1999) “National Cinemas: Sites of Resistance? Survey of the 9th Australian and New Zealand History & Film Conference,” Metro 119. St Kilda, VIC: Australian Teachers of Media. pp. 20-21.

Conference Presentations, Workshops and Special Lectures

Research Students - Completed

Adrian Athique, PhD in Communication and Cultural Studies, “Asian Media and Contemporary Cultural Exchange: Transnational Audiences for Indian Films”.
Graham Martin, MA in Media and Cultural Studies, "The End[s] of Cinema: Certain Tendencies in Contemporary American Cinema"
Jason Ide, Hons in Communication and Media Studies, “Crisis and Reinvention: Digital Cinema, and its role in reversing declining cinema audiences”
Kayla Armstrong, Hons in Media and Cultural Studies, “Evaluating Love: Veronica Mars and the Pure Relationship”
Matt Granger, Hons in Communication and Media Studies, “Protecting culture or supporting industry? An analysis of the Government interventions in the domestic film industries of Australia and South Korea”
Alison (Wright) Ruth Kelly, Hons in Communication and Cultural Studies & English, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Nation: The Significance of Art Cinema to Australian National Cinema”
David Dunmall, Hons in Communication and Cultural Studies, “World Domination? Same Old Dream: A Cultural Analysis of James Bond Villains”