Dr Martin Smith

Dr Martin Smith

Senior Lecturer

My profile

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Media based in the English department. I currently teach courses on scriptwriting, games, multimodal digital writing practices, and media theory. My research interests include alternative approaches to scriptwriting and writing practices for immersive media. I am the departmental Digitally Enhanced Learning Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) lead and Peer Assisted Learning lead. 

Get in touch

0161 247 6343
404 Geoffrey Manton Building

Research outputs

  • Conference papers

    Smith, M. (2021) 'Virtual academic conferences and communities of practice: What are conferences for and how can we make them better?.' In Communities and Communication conference. Staffordshire University, 24/4/2021 -

    Smith, M. (2019) 'The Screenplay Problem: New models of scriptwriting and storytelling practice for immersive media.' In Teesside Postgraduate conference. Teesside University, 13/9/2019 -

    Smith, M. (2019) 'On Firewatch and story structure for immersive experiences.' In Wandering Games conference. Bangor University, 10/7/2019 - 12/7/2019.

    Smith, M. (2018) 'Game Narrative in Immersive Media.' In Immersive Storytelling Experiences Research Symposium. Liverpool John Moores University, 14/12/2018 - 14/12/2018.

    Smith, M. (2017) ''The Pre-History of Survival Horror: Horror in games before Resident Evil’.' In Games, Gothic and Gore: Horror Beyond Hollywood. University of Salford, 25/1/2017 - 25/1/2017.