Travis Merchant-Knudsen

Cinema, Film Studies, Media Studies, Ambience, Animation

Travis Richard Merchant-Knudsen (they/she) is a Ph.D. student at NCSU in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, the Image Editor for Film International, and an adjunct instructor at Wake Technical Community College. Their writings have been published in Film Matters, Film International, Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, Cultural Intertexts, and more. Additionally, they have presented at the Visions Film Festival and Conference, the Society for Animation Studies Conference, The Carolina Rhetoric Conference, and others on topics surrounding the interdisciplinary nature of media and literature. Their interests in film and media studies are on intermedia experiences and scholarship, phenomenology, animation, sound design and music, and narratives within spectacular media environments. In addition to scholarly pursuits, Travis is an independent filmmaker and musician. For a complete view of their works, presentations, and creative endeavors, visit their personal website.

Works (9)

Updated: October 2nd, 2024 05:05

2022 journal article

Parting Words: Viewing films one image at a time; or, remembering Hannah Frank (1984–2017)

Film International.

By: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2021 journal article

Painting a Collaborative Gaze

Film International.

By: S. Hedley & T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2021 journal article

“Filmed Love Letters: The Dialogism and Intertextuality of Lost in Translation and her”

Cultural Intertexts. https://b00e8ea91c.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/4fb470e8cbb34a32a0dc1701f8d7322d/200000421-6722e67231/Cultural%20Intertexts%202021%20-%20FINAL2.pdf

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2020 journal article

Uncomfortable Laughter: Revisiting Funny Games (1997) on Criterion

Film International, 18(1), 121–125.

By: T. Merchant

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2020 journal article

“Lost Inside Empire”: Self-Orientalization in the Animation and Sounds of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises

Southeast Asian Review of English, 57(1), 174–198.

By: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2019 journal article

Through the Haze: Fidelity of Adaptation in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies. http://ellids.com/research/volumesissues/archive-2-4/2-4-merchant/

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2016 journal article

Magnificent Obsession in 13 Frames + The Darjeeling Limited in 16 Frames

Film Matters.

By: R. Brewer, L. Estes, C. Scaparo, A. Anundson, P. Blankenship, J. Gentry, B. Okamoto, L. Plantamura, C. Saller, R. Wassil

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2016 journal article

“Force Majeure: A Dramatic, Humorous Dissection of Family”

Film Matters, 7(2), 50–55.

By: L. Plantamura, C. Saller, A. Anundson & T. Merchant

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2015 journal article

The Censorship of Art After Death: Looking at Stanley Kubrick’s History with Censorship

Film Matters, 6(3), 60–63.

By: T. Merchant

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen

Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

Employment

Updated: April 11th, 2023 10:58

2021 - 2025

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Instructor of Record English and Communication

Education

Updated: April 11th, 2023 10:57

2021 - 2025

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Ph.D. Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media

2018 - 2020

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Master's English - Film Studies

2012 - 2016

University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC, US
Bachelor's English - Literature

2012 - 2016

University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Bachelor's Film Studies

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: April 21st, 2023 10:39

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