Call for Papers
Screenwriting Research: History, Theory and Practice
Three-day International Conference on Screenwriting,
TIME: September 9th-11th 2010
VENUE: University of Copenhagen
This is a call for papers for the annual international conference on
screenwriting research, this year organized by the Department of
Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen.
As the first two conferences on screenwriting at the University of
Leeds in 2008 and at the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki in
2009 have shown, there is an increasing interest in researching
screenwriting from a number of different perspectives.
Aims
The purpose of the conference is to continue the discussion of the
many aspects of screenwriting research and to further theoretical and
methodological reflections in this developing field. The conference
also aims at strengthening the international network among scholars
within both theoretical and practice-based research. We wish to
encourage a critical approach to the practices, documents and values
of screenwriting, and to seek new insights into screenwriting as part
of film production culture. As the recent publication of the first
issue of the Journal of Screenwriting has shown, screenwriting is a
vast and vivid field, encompassing many different methodological
approaches from a wide variety of academic disciplines.
In particular, we encourage papers discussing the following topics:
1. Creativity, collaborations and constraints
- screenwriting as a creative/artistic process or a craft
- individual as well as collaborative practices
- self-chosen or imposed constraints in screenwriting processes
- discussions of authorship and intentionality
2. The nature of the screenplay
- reflections on narrative theory and dramaturgy
- the relationship between word and image
- new forms, new technologies, new media
- issues of intermediality and adaptation
- genre-oriented considerations
of screenwriting and the screenplay
3. Methodology of screenwriting research
- how to approach documents,
actions, intentions and visions of
screenwriting
- how to interpret and develop them theoretically
- how to do practice-based research
- how to teach screenwriting
theory and practice within an academic
or practice based context
4. Practice and method of screenwriting
- screenwriting as a practice
within the cultural/creative industries
- the different roles of the screenwriter
- considerations of radical or
alternative methods in relation to
industry conventions
- discussions of labor aspects as
well as organizational frameworks
5. History and theory of screenwriting
- new research and re-evaluations
on the history of screenwriting
- national heritage of screenwriting practices
- new approaches to screenwriting theory
Call for papers:
Time allotted to each paper is 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for
discussion.
Abstracts (300 words maximum) may be submitted until March 15 2010.
Kindly remember to state your name, affiliation and contact information.
Please send your abstract to Eva Novrup Redvall: (eva /at/ hum.ku.dk).
We will let you know whether your paper has been accepted no later
than April 15 2010.
The conference fee is 60 Euros including two lunches and coffee. The
conference is free for PhD students.
More information on the program as well as on travelling and
accommodation can be found on the conference
website from January 25: http://screenwriting.mef.ku.dk
The conference is supported by the Faculty of Humanities at The
University of Copenhagen and is organized with assistance from the
Screenwriting Research Network.
For further information, please contact Eva
Novrup Redvall, (eva /at/ hum.ku.dk) or Mette
Mortensen, (metmort /at/ hum.ku.dk) at the Department of Media,
Cognition and Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
Organizing Committee:
Eva Novrup Redvall, MA, PhD student, Department of Media, Cognition
and Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
Mette Mortensen, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Media,
Cognition and Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
Dear Nico Carpentier,
Could you please send this out on the ecrea maillist. Thank you.
Best regards,
Eva
Eva Novrup Redvall
PhD Fellow
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
Section of Film and Media Studies
University of Copenhagen
Njalsgade 80, 2300 Copenhagen S
Phone: +45 3532 9437
Fax: +45 3532 8110
Mobile: +45 2262 2329
<mailto:(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk)>(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk)
Call for Papers
Screenwriting Research: History, Theory and Practice
Three-day International Conference on Screenwriting,
TIME: September 9th-11th 2010
VENUE: University of Copenhagen
This is a call for papers for the annual
international conference on screenwriting
research, this year organized by the Department
of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen.
As the first two conferences on screenwriting ?
at the University of Leeds in 2008 and at the
University of Arts and Design in Helsinki in
2009 ? have shown, there is an increasing
interest in researching screenwriting from a number of different perspectives.
Aims
The purpose of the conference is to continue the
discussion of the many aspects of screenwriting
research and to further theoretical and
methodological reflections in this developing
field. The conference also aims at strengthening
the international network among scholars within
both theoretical and practice-based research. We
wish to encourage a critical approach to the
practices, documents and values of
screenwriting, and to seek new insights into
screenwriting as part of film production
culture. As the recent publication of the first
issue of the Journal of Screenwriting has shown,
screenwriting is a vast and vivid field,
encompassing many different methodological
approaches from a wide variety of academic disciplines.
In particular, we encourage papers discussing the following topics:
1.Creativity, collaborations and constraints
-screenwriting as a creative/artistic process or a craft
-individual as well as collaborative practices
-self-chosen or imposed constraints in screenwriting processes
-discussions of authorship and intentionality
2.The nature of the screenplay
-reflections on narrative theory and dramaturgy
-the relationship between word and image
-new forms, new technologies, new media
-issues of intermediality and adaptation
-genre-oriented considerations of screenwriting and the screenplay
3.Methodology of screenwriting research
-how to approach documents, actions, intentions and visions of screenwriting
-how to interpret and develop them theoretically
-how to do practice-based research
-how to teach screenwriting theory and practice
within an academic or practice based context
4.Practice and method of screenwriting
-screenwriting as a practice within the cultural/creative industries
-the different roles of the screenwriter
-considerations of radical or alternative
methods in relation to industry conventions
-discussions of labor aspects as well as organizational frameworks
5.History and theory of screenwriting
-new research and re-evaluations on the history of screenwriting
-national heritage of screenwriting practices
-new approaches to screenwriting theory
Call for papers:
Time allotted to each paper is 20 minutes
followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Abstracts (300 words maximum) may be submitted
until March 15 2010. Kindly remember to state
your name, affiliation and contact information.
Please send your abstract to Eva Novrup Redvall:
<mailto:(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk)>(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk).
We will let you know whether your paper has been
accepted no later than April 15 2010.
The conference fee is 60 Euros including two
lunches and coffee. The conference is free for PhD students.
More information on the program as well as on
travelling and accommodation can be found on the
conference website from January 25:
<http://screenwriting.mef.ku.dk>http://screenwriting.mef.ku.dk
The conference is supported by the Faculty of
Humanities at The University of Copenhagen and
is organized with assistance from the Screenwriting Research Network.
For further information, please contact Eva
Novrup Redvall,
<mailto:(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk)>(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk) or Mette
Mortensen,
<mailto:(metmort /at/ hum.ku.dk)>(metmort /at/ hum.ku.dk) at
the Department of Media, Cognition and
Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
Organizing Committee:
Eva Novrup Redvall, MA, PhD student, Department
of Media, Cognition and Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
Mette Mortensen, PhD, assistant professor,
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, The University of Copenhagen.
