The Editorial Board accepts only original, previously unpublished articles, complying with the Ethics of Scientific Publications in the “Vestnik VGIK” Scholarly Journal.

When submitting the article for review, the author shall indicate the academic discipline and the corresponding research area from the List approved for the journal by the Higher Attestation Commission.

5.10.3. Media (Film, Television and Other Screen Arts);

5.10.1. Theory and History of Culture and Art

5.7.3. Aesthetics

The content of the article must conform to the journal’s scientific standard and be of academic interest.

Requirements to the entries submitted for publication in “Vestnik VGIK:”

• Relevance of the posed problem.
• Scientific novelty.
• Theoretical and practical significance.
• A coherent statement of the purpose and justification of the research originality.
• A high degree of reference to source material (literary, cinematic, etc.)
• A high linguistic and stylistic quality of the submitted manuscript.

Article Structure:

• a general statement of the problem and its relation to significant scientific or practical processes;
• highlighting previously unsolved aspects of the examined problem;
• defining the research objectives (goal setting);
• analysis of the referred to latest researches, publications and films on the stated topic;
• core results of the research with the grounding of the obtained findings;
• Conclusions from the aforementioned research and the prospects of further developments in this domain.

1. THE NECESSARY PACKAGE OF MATERIAL FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT:

The authors shall present the following documentation package of electronic filing to the Editorial Board of the “Vestnik VGIK” Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journal:

1.1. THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE ARTICLE

1.2. A JPG photograph of the author (not exceeding 300 dpi);

1.3. The information about the author/authors (a separate Word file) in Russian (consequentially, paragraphed): the article’s title, UDC, ORCID, AuthorID; DOI; the author’s full name, academic degree, academic rank (if any), place of employment, position, contact details (mobile phone number, actual e-mail, full address with postal index).

The authors confirm that:

- all the main contributors to the research shall be presented as co-authors;

- all the co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and authorized its publication (validated by their personal signatures in the covering letter).

1.4. A FILLED IN ENTRY FORM FOR SUBMITTING THE DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLICATION

1.5. Illustrations, photos, diagrams etc. (in JPG, not exceeding 300 dpi) made without violating the laws and requirements pertaining to the relations between the parties and with regards to the copyright and related rights regulating the activity of third parties and using their intellectual property.

1.6. LICENSE AGREEMENT

After verifying the documentation package, the Editorial Board of the “Vestnik VGIK” Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journal notifies the author of its acceptance indicating the receipt date and code of the article, which provides the ground for submitting the article for review.

2. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

2.1. MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION

2.2. The text is typed in one font, size 12 pt, with one and a half line spacing. The text is divided into at least 2 and no more than 5 subheadings; the total volume is from 30,000 to 45,000 characters with spaces.

2.3. In-text references are typed in square brackets in the following order: the number of the source in the Reference List, the cited page), e.g. [1], [2, p. 5], [5, p 34; 25, p. 2]. The text is followed by a reference list in alphabetic order as specified in Russian National Standard 7.0.5. — 2008.

2.4. Footnotes are typed in Times New Roman, size 10.

2.5. Abbreviations and symbols. The used abbreviations outside the International Unit System must be specified (in the text or footnotes).

2.6. Tables, figures, illustrations, diagrams, designs, etc. are compiled separately in compliance with the National Standard and technical requirements and submitted in from 4 to 6 separate JPG files (resolution no less than 300 dpi, 1,5 MB and more).

2.7. Captions to the tables, illustrations, designs, diagrams, etc. are submitted in a separate Word file, font size 14. Notation signs in the figures are specified by captions or in the text. Lines, dots and names must be distinct, clear and coherent. E.g., Table 1, Fig. 5, etc.

The use of illustrative material of other authors must comply with the copyright and intellectual property legislation, as determined by the Russian Civil Code, and supplied with the author’s written authorization (in the original). When citing external tables, figures, illustrations, designs and diagrams, reference to the source is mandatory. The authors must make sure that the illustrative material does not violate other authors’ intellectual property and copyright rights.

2.8. EXAMPLES OF FORMATING DIFFERENT TYPES  OF PUBLICATIONS

2.9. REFERENCES

The literature in the article (no less than 10 and no more than 20 items) is arranged in Russian in alphabetical order. Foreign sources are also listed at the end of the list in alphabetical order. REFERENCES are designed in the same way. Foreign sources are not transliterated. However, the Russian—language editions are identified at the end of the transliteration - (in Russian). Also, in transliteration, after the initials of the author(s), which are given in italics, the year of publication is placed in parentheses — according to the international format of the design of Vancouver. All cited sources should be checked for scientometric identifiers (EDN, DOI, etc.).

The editors recommend monitoring and using publications on the topic of the article published in previous issues of the journal, as well as in other scholarly journals on the subject of the author’s manuscript, in order to ensure continuity and confirm the relevance of the subject matter.

3. WHEN SUBMITTING THE ARTICLE TO THE EDITORS FOR REVIEWING, THE AUTHOR(S) MUST AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:

• the manuscript may be returned to the author(s) if it does not comply with the publishing requirements of the scholarly journal “Vestnik VGIK”;
• the manuscript may be returned to the author(s) if it contains unauthorized plagiarism;
• the manuscript may be returned to the author(s) if it violates copyright and related rights;
• the manuscript may be returned to the author(s) if it contains unreliable (or knowingly fraudulent) information;
• the manuscript may be returned to the author(s) for breach of ethical standards.

4. THE AUTHORS CONFIRM that at the time of submitting the manuscript all their publications and citations of their publications are linked to their personal profile in the scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.RU and ORCID, and also guarantee that this article, in whole or in part, has not been previously published, and is not under review or in the process of publishing in another periodical.