Publications
Selected publications
- The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland (Book - 2022)
- Theorizing “Bad” Sound (Journal article - 2014)
- Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’ (Chapter - 2019)
- Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers (Book Review - 2021)
- ‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film (Journal article - 2019)
- Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991) (Chapter - 2017)
- Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007) (Chapter - 2017)
- Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg (Chapter - 2016)
- The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i> (Journal article - 2015)
- Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen (Internet publication - 2021)
2024
IRISH FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES PUBLICATIONS – 2023
Chambers, C. (n.d.). IRISH FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES PUBLICATIONS – 2023. Estudios Irlandeses, 272-289. doi:10.24162/ei2024-12624
2023
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
Johnston, N., & Drake, P. (2023). The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). In J. Wyatt, & W. Phillips (Eds.), Screening American Independent Film. Routledge.
2022
The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland
Johnston, N. (2022). The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland. Y. Tzioumakis, & S. Lincoln (Eds.), London: Routledge.
2021
Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers
Johnston, N. (2021). Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 41(3), 615-617. doi:10.1080/01439685.2021.1907669
Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen
Johnston, N. (2021). Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen. Retrieved from https://screenculture.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
2020
Singing, Sonic Authenticity and Stardom in Dancer in the Dark
Johnston, N. (2020). Singing, Sonic Authenticity and Stardom in Dancer in the Dark. In D. Hughes, & M. Evans (Eds.), The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema (pp. 20-37). Sheffield: Equinox.
2019
Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’
Johnston, N. (2019). Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’. In J. Sexton, & E. Mathijs (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema (pp. 315-324). London and New York: Routledge.
‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film
Johnston, N. (2019). ‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film. Continuum, 33(6), 692-704. doi:10.1080/10304312.2019.1677982
2017
Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991)
Johnston, N. (2017). Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991). In H. Rogers, & J. Barham (Eds.), The Music and Sound of Experimental Film (pp. 219-232). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007)
Johnston, N. (2017). Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007). In T. Whittaker, & S. Wright (Eds.), Locating the Voice in Film: Critical Approaches and Global Practices (pp. 191-208). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2016
Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg
Johnston, N. (2016). Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg. In D. Kulezic-Wilson, & L. Greene (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Sound Design and Music in Screen Media: Integrated Soundtracks (pp. 289-304). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
The Magic of the Space: An interview with Niall Brady and Steve Fanagan about <i>Room</i> (2015)
Johnston, N. (2016). The Magic of the Space: An interview with Niall Brady and Steve Fanagan about <i>Room</i> (2015). The New Soundtrack, 6(2), 159-169. doi:10.3366/sound.2016.0089
Teorizando o som “ruim”: o que põe o mumble no mumblecore?
Johnston, N. (n.d.). Teorizando o som “ruim”: o que põe o mumble no mumblecore?. Rebeca - Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual, 5(1). doi:10.22475/rebeca.v5n1.367
I will leave you now and this loudspeaker will take my place
Johnston, N., & Kampman, A. (2016). I will leave you now and this loudspeaker will take my place. The New Soundtrack, 6(1), 17-27. doi:10.3366/sound.2016.0080
2015
The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i>
Johnston, N. (2015). The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i>. Music, Sound, and the Moving Image, 9(2), 131-144. doi:10.3828/msmi.2015.9
2014
Review of Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games by Karen Collins
Johnston, N. (2014). Review of Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games by Karen Collins. Music, Sound, and the Moving Image, 8(2), 217-222.
Theorizing “Bad” Sound
Johnston, N. (2014). Theorizing “Bad” Sound. The Velvet Light Trap, 74, 67-79. doi:10.7560/vlt7407
The Celtic Tiger ‘Unplugged’: DV realism, liveness, and sonic authenticity in Once (2007)
Johnston, N. (2014). The Celtic Tiger ‘Unplugged’: DV realism, liveness, and sonic authenticity in Once (2007). Soundtrack, The, 7(1), 25-38. doi:10.1386/st.7.1.25_1
Review of In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film, by Richard Dyer.
Johnston, N. (2014). Review of In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film, by Richard Dyer.. Popular Music, 33(1), 182-184.
Soundscapes, sound clash
Johnston, N. (2014). Soundscapes, sound clash. NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, 3(1), 325-332. doi:10.5117/necsus2014.1.john
2012
Beneath sci-fi sound
Johnston, N. (n.d.). Beneath sci-fi sound. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (3), 49-63. doi:10.33178/alpha.3.04