School of Creative Arts, Film and Media (SCAFM)

Current Research

Project^{[Back to top]}

I am co-investigator for the AHRC funded project Channel 4 television and British film culture: an assessment of the broadcaster's film policy and programming, and its impact on British film culture. The project commenced in April 2010.

Books^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (In preparation). George Clooney and the modern Hollywood. London: Palgrave.

McDonald, P. (In preparation). Stardom in contemporary Hollywood. Oxford: Blackwell.

Book Chapters^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (In preparation). Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting. In A. Taylor (Eds.), Screen acting, theory and philosophy. Oxford University Press.

McDonald, P. (In preparation). Stallone’s stomach: Cop Land and the weight of actorly legitimization. In C. Holmlund (Ed.), The ultimate Stallone reader. London: Wallflower.

Publications

Books^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (2007). Video and DVD industries. London: British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1844571673.

McDonald, P. (2000) The star system: Hollywood’s production of popular identities. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1903364024.

Co-Edited Books^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. & Wasko, J. (Eds.). (2008). The contemporary Hollywood film industry. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-3387-6.

Reports^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (1999). World film distribution - vol.1: North America. London: EMAP Media/Market Tracking International.

McDonald, P., Thomas, A., & Wistreich, A. (1999). World film distribution - vol.2: international. London: EMAP Media/Market Tracking International.

Journal Articles^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. What’s on? Film programming, structured choice and the production of cinema culture in contemporary Britain’.  Journal of British cinema and television, 7(2), 264-98.

McDonald, P. (2009). Miramax, Life is Beautiful, and the Indiewoodization of the foreign-language film market in the USA. New review of film and television studies, 7(4), 353-75.

McDonald, P. (1995). I’m winning on a star: the extraordinary ordinary world of Stars in their eyes. Critical survey, 7(1), 59-66.

McDonald, P. (1992). Materiality and mystery: fashioning the fascinations of screen stardom, Over here, 12(1), 58-66.

Book Chapters^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (2011). IMAX: the Hollywood experience’. In J. Belton, S. Hall & S. Neale (Eds.), Widescreen worldwide (pp. 41-57). New Barnet: John Libbey.

McDonald, P. (2009). Digital discords in the online media economy: advertising versus content versus copyright. In P. Snickars & P. Vonderau (Eds.), The YouTube reader (pp. 387-405). Stockholm: National Library of Sweden.

McDonald, P. (2008). Η Julia Roberts και η Έριν Μπρόκοβιτς: τα πολιιτιομικά και εμπορικά παράδοξα της βραβευμένης με Όσκαρ ρυποκριτικής. In C. Adamou (Ed.), Ο ΗΘΟΠΟΙΟΣ ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΘΟΠΗ (pp. 141-153). Athens: Kastaniotis.

McDonald, P. (2008). Hollywood, UK. In P. McDonald & J. Wasko (Eds.), The contemporary Hollywood film industry (pp. 220-231). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

McDonald, P. (2008). The star system: the production of Hollywood stardom in the post-studio era. In P. McDonald & J. Wasko (Eds.), The contemporary Hollywood film industry (pp. 167-181). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

McDonald, P. & J. Wasko. (2008). Introduction: the new contours of the Hollywood film industry. In P. McDonald & J. Wasko (Eds.), The contemporary Hollywood film industry (pp. 1-9). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

McDonald, P. (2004). Why study film acting: some opening reflections. In C. Baron, D. Carson & F. P. Tomasulo (Eds.), More than a method: trends and traditions in contemporary film performance (pp. 23-41). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

McDonald, P. (2003). Stars in the online universe: promotion, nudity, reverence. In T. Austin & M. Barker (Eds.), Contemporary Hollywood stardom (pp. 29-44). London: Arnold.

McDonald, P. (1999). Rehearsing Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies. In P. Krämer & A. Lovell (Eds.), Screen acting (pp. 138-151). London: Routledge.

McDonald, P. (1999). The music industry. In J. Stokes & A. Reading (Eds.), The media in Britain: current debates and developments (pp. 88-107). London: Macmillan.
 
McDonald, P. (1998). Reconceptualising stardom. In R. Dyer (Ed.), Stars (pp. 175-211). 2nd ed. London: British Film Institute.

McDonald, P. (1998). Film acting. In J. Hill & P. Church-Gibson (Eds.), The Oxford guide to film studies (pp. 30 -35). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

McDonald, P. (1998). Film acting and gender: method acting and the male tantrum. In W. Nöth (Ed.), Semiotics of the media: state of the art, projects and perspectives (pp. 321-335). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

McDonald, P. (1997). Feeling and fun: romance, dance and the performing male body in the Take That videos. In S. Whiteley (Ed.), Sexing the groove: popular music and gender (pp. 277-294). London: Routledge.

McDonald, P. (1995). Star studies. In J. Hollows & M. Jancovich (Eds.), Approaches to popular film (pp. 79-97). Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Encyclopaedia Entries^{[Back to top]}

McDonald, P. (2006). Stars. In B. K. Grant (Ed.), Schirmer encyclopedia of film: vol. 4 – romantic comedy – Yugoslavia (pp. 155-164). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.

McDonald, P. (2006). The star system. In B. K. Grant (Ed.), Schirmer encyclopedia of film: vol. 4 – romantic comedy – Yugoslavia (pp. 147-153). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.

McDonald, P. (2004). Multichannel overview. In A. McGown (Ed.), BFI television handbook 2005 (pp. 78-80). London: British Film Institute.

McDonald, P. (2004). Technology on trial. In A. McGown (Ed.), BFI television handbook 2005 (pp. 97-99). London: British Film Institute.

Editorial Board Memberships^{[Back to top]}

Celebrity Studies.

Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies.

Transnational Cinemas.