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journal of visual culture

Notes on Screen Testing

University of California at Santa Cruz, ireneg{at}ucsc.edu

Julia Zay

The Evergreen State College, Seminar 2, A-2117, Olympia, WA 98505, USA, jzay{at}evergreen.edu

This essay considers screen testing by examining three cinematic and para-cinematic texts. Although quite different in terms of their form, context and application, these screen tests all function as a threshold, a point of relationship between a question and an answer. The authors consider the kinds of questions raised by screen tests and how these questions might be answered.

Key Words: Amos and Andy • Greta Garbo • Hollywood • screen test • television • testing • toys

Journal of Visual Culture, Vol. 6, No. 2, 201-208 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1470412907078564


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