Tom Livingstone is a Research Fellow with an interest in evolving media aesthetics. Tom has published widely on topics such as colourisation in documentary, time-ramping in action cinema, and In-Camera VFX. He has chapters in edited collections on Jurassic Park and The X-Files. His first monograph – Hybrid Images and the Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects – will be published by Edinburgh University Press this autumn.

Tom’s current research is part of the UKRI Strength in Places My World Programme, a Creative R&D programme championing the creative industries in the South West. He has a particular interest in game engine technology and, with the help of a British Academy Talent Development Award, is exploring how to use of Unreal Engine to create interactive research outputs.