Dr Liz Samson

I am a Senior Lecturer on the Film Production undergraduate degree, specializing in practical film production, film style and analysis. I also work with students learning color grading and correction within post-production classes and oversee the development of student film projects in years 2 and 3. In addition to my teaching, I work with the School of Creative Arts and Industries in the area of Teaching and Learning and Student Experience, which means coordinating staff development, considering best practice and maintaining and developing teaching and learning strategies. As well as considering how practice and pedagogy affect student experience. I am particularly interested in inclusive assessment and the proliferation of assessment formats. 

I have worked in education for a number of years, both in schools and colleges/universities. I have taught many different areas of film and media production, including sound recording and design, television theory and practice, radio, animation, photography and 'low-fi' filmmaking. I am also a musician and have worked previously in the music education sector and enjoy creating opportunities where the areas of film and music combine. I have worked at Canterbury Christ Church University since 2007 as a sessional member of staff, and since 2019 as a full time lecturer. 

I am interested in research by practice in areas of color grading and correction, editing and video essays, low-fi filmmaking and sound design, including music. I am interested in theoretical areas of film studies, including Folk Horror, Analog Online Horror, Queer Theory and Representation, Gender Identity and Representation and Film Sound Theory. As a non-binary person I enjoy the analysis of the representation of gender in film.

My PhD (awarded in 2019) - supervised by Dr Andy Birtwistle and Prof Shane Blackman, considered areas of film sound analysis and offered an alternative model for considering the meaning and application of film sound.

Fellow of Advance HE