Dr. Daniel Binns
Details
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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daniel.binns@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-1890-8864
About
Dr Daniel Binns is a tinkerer-theorist exploring creative technologies’ impact on storytelling and media cultures. A leading scholar on digital creativity and media practices, Daniel has published on Netflix documentary style, drones and game engines in filmmaking, and the evolution of media genres including the war film and superhero media; his two monographs to date are The Hollywood War Film (2017) and Material Media-Making in the Digital Age (2021). Daniel's creative practice background includes screenwriting, directing, and producing for Seven Network, TV2, Fox Sports and National Geographic, and his work has featured in over 20 international festivals and streaming platforms.
Daniel served as Program Director and Studios Coordinator for the Bachelor of Communication (Media) between 2017 and 2023.
Research fields
- 4701 Communication and media studies
- 4702 Cultural studies
- 3605 Screen and digital media
- 3606 Visual arts
- 4303 Historical studies
- 4408 Political science
Supervisor projects
- Deconstructing AI Companionship, Loneliness, and the Breakdown of Social Relations in Post-Cyberpunk Cinema
- 6 Dec 2024
- Baghdadi Street Life ( ﺑﻐﺪادي ﺷﺎرع ﺣﯿﺎة ): Using I-Doc Practice to Challenge Stereotypes of Iraq and Iraqis in Hollywood Cinema
- 17 Jul 2023
- Autonomy and Time
- 6 Jul 2023
- Between a rock and a soft place: a homebody’s museum of everyday objects
- 26 Jun 2023
- Fragments and Flows: Writing the Digital Ocean
- 12 Jun 2023
- Throw Away the Container: Cybertext Mechanics in Film Practice and Theory
- 10 Dec 2021
- Post-Cinematic Remediation: Translations and Imbrications in 21st-Century Media
- 12 Oct 2020
- The Making of the Nick: Designing a Systematic Approach for the Chaotic Practice of Micro-Budget Short Filmmaking
- 1 May 2018
- Looking into the Rising Sun: South Korean Cinema’s Japan Cycle of the Park Geun-hye Era
- 1 Mar 2017
- Unlock the Doc! i-Docs and networks of inquiry
- 8 May 2015
Teaching interests
Daniel teaches into undergraduate and postgraduate Media, coordinating core courses and running praxical studios on media histories, cross-platform production, and creative technologies including generative AI.
Research interests
Creative technology; AI and creativity; screen and media cultures; media/cinema theory and philosophy; cross-platform storytelling and transmedia studies; digital/internet history and theory.
Daniel supervises PhD and Masters projects on genre cinema, film histories and technologies, media philosophy, and creative practice research. Daniel ran the eco_media symposium from 2019-2022, and the Re/Framing AI network and events from 2024-5.
