A zine
about your favorite pieces of media.
Screencap redefines cinema studies and critical theory as accessible frameworks for insight, empowering readers from all backgrounds to engage with media beyond entertainment. By drawing on nuanced concepts from a wide array of academic disciplines and applying them to widely resonant media, it demystifies theory, transforming it into something both illuminating and deeply relevant. Each volume of the zine combines analytical writing with engaging visuals to examine themes of identity, representation, spectatorship, technology, and ideology, uncovering the narratives that shape our media landscape. Featuring artwork from independent NYC-based artists, whose bold creations enrich its pages, Screencap cultivates a collaborative space where academic inquiry meets aesthetics.
Isa Yehya
Writer
Isa Yehya is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and visual artist whose work explores the intersections of media, culture, theory, and aesthetics. Drawing from her multicultural background—Mexican, Puerto Rican, Syrian, and Lebanese—and her upbringing in New York City, she examines themes of identity, representation, and belonging through the analysis of narrative cinema, countercultural movements, and digital media. Grounded in postcolonial, intersectional, queer, feminist, semiotic, and psychoanalytic frameworks, Isa is committed to elevating underrepresented perspectives and challenging the structures that perpetuate their marginalization. Her lifelong passion for film is reflected in the meticulously curated and densely filled pages of her journal, where she archives her movie tickets and decorates them with an extensive collection of cute stickers.
Isa’s current Letterboxd Top 4 includes Fight Club (1999), Crash (1996), Queer (2024), and Fallen Angels (1995), though it is constantly in rotation.
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Crisis
Editor
Crisis is a New York-based animator and illustrator. Born to immigrant parents from Japan and Singapore and raised in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, she draws on her multicultural upbringing to shape her distinctive artistic vision. Her work embraces whimsy and playfulness, uncovering the hidden magic within everyday life. A lifelong passion for storytelling, sparked by hours spent immersed in her father’s books, shines through in countless Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Dedicated to expanding Asian and Asian-American representation, Crisis brings diverse characters and narratives into the realm of fantasy—a genre that often lacks such visibility. She is currently working with Shinkirō, an independent animation studio based in Brooklyn, on a queer retelling of Cinderella set in Ming Dynasty China.
Her favorite piece of media is the Final Fantasy video game series, which introduced her to console gaming and continues to influence her approach to storytelling and world-building.
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Juniper jeong
Unpaid Intern
Juniper Jeong is a Brooklyn-based animator, creative director, and illustrator. Raised in Queens by Korean immigrant parents, they infuse their lived experiences into stories that explore identity, relationships, and self-discovery. Their work juxtaposes dark, existential themes with vibrant, playful imagery, a contrast that informs their creative vision. A natural storyteller, Juniper channels this vision into immersive Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. By integrating real-world challenges into imaginative worlds, their fantastical realms provide players with opportunities to forge meaningful connections through shared adversity, both within the game and beyond. Juniper’s background in theater and screenwriting further elevates their storytelling, providing them with the skills to create nuanced and emotionally resonant narratives.
They cite the surreal, immersive worlds of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal as a major influence, finding inspiration in its portrayal of melancholy and beauty.
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Maxine Ibanez
Unpaid Intern
Maxine Ibanez is a New York-based visual artist, educator, and filmmaker. Drawn to the unsettling imagery of horror cinema and the dark enchantment of Grimm fairy tales, their work imbues whimsical worlds with haunting undertones. Their affinity for nature emerges in their depictions of the eerie critters that roam through the trees and undergrowth. An avid reader since childhood, Maxine's fascination with comic books and graphic novels shaped their approach to storytelling, guiding their ability to craft narratives that unfold sequentially—whether through pen and paper or the lens of a camera.
The work of Guillermo del Toro, Shirley Jackson, and Edward Gorey has instilled in them a fascination with the macabre, the uncanny, and the unknown, which they weave into their distinct visual and narrative style.
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