[ecrea] EIFAC call for papers

Call for Papers: 4th Edinburgh International Film Audiences
Conference

> > "...I still think the movie
> > heroes are in the audience." Wilson Mizner, 1876
> > - 1933
> >
> > Whilst there may be movies without audiences, if there were no audiences
> > at
> > all there would be no movie industry. The aim of the Edinburgh
> > International
> > Film Audiences Conference is to provide a space where all those heroes
> > who
> > watch or have watched films can be uncovered, understood and
> > celebrated
> > through the sharing of empirical research into their activities and
> > preferences.
> >
> > Our conference has been praised for creating an arena where new and
> > experienced researchers in academe and the industry can come together
> > to
> > share their enthusiasm for audience research in a friendly and
> > supportive
> > manner. Whilst the conference may well appeal primarily to academics, it
> > has
> > always been the aim of the organisers to include contributors from
> > the
> > industry side of film so that there may be a mutually beneficial
> > discussion.
> > The more each knows what the other is doing, the more can be learned
> > about
> > the varied ways in which audiences have responded to the cinematic
> > experience and the consequences of those responses for future
> > developments.
> >
> > Our full Call for Papers is online at:
> http://www.filmaudiencesconference.co.uk/2011/call_for_papers_2011.html
> > __________________________________
> >
> > EIFAC 17-18 March 2011
> www.filmaudiencesconference.co.uk
> >