[ecrea] CFP - Edited Collection on the Producer

*CFP: Beyond the Bottom-Line: The Producer in Film and Television
(Edited Collection)*
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*Editors: Andrew Spicer, Anthony McKenna and Christopher Meir*

The producer has long been one of the most overlooked and misunderstood
figures in Screen Studies. The historical privileging of the director
has caused an artificial distinction between creativity and commerce,
with the directorâEUR^(TM)s âEUR~visionâEUR^(TM) judged responsible for a filmâEUR^(TM)s artistry
and the producer relegated to the shadowy, venal world of business and
the âEUR~bottom lineâEUR^(TM). Such reductive views are now beginning to be
challenged with several serious, scholarly and sympathetic studies of
the producer emerging.

Abstracts are invited for contributions to a volume that will seek to
further our understanding of the producer within a range of historical
and theoretical contexts. Proposals on any topic related to the role of
the producer are welcome. Possible topics could include (but are not
limited to):

-The producer and theoretical accounts of authorship and/or creativity.
-The collaborative relationships between producers and directors;
producers and screenwriters; producers and stars.
-âEUR~AuteurâEUR^(TM) Producers.
-The historical emergence of the producer as a distinct role.
-Producers in different historical periods (e.g. classical or
post-classical Hollywood; âEUR~New WaveâEUR^(TM) cinemas, etc.).
-Producers in specific national, regional and/or transnational contexts.
-Producers and genre (e.g. popular genres, documentary, avant-garde, etc.).
-Producers in specific media (e.g. film, television, new media forms
such as music videos, web-based videos, video games, etc.).
-Cross-over producers from film to television (or vice versa).
-Understanding and defining the roles of executive, associate and
co-producers.
-Creativity and the profit motive; understanding and accounting for
business acumen generally.

The collection is under contract with Continuum and will be published in
2013. Interested authors should send a 250 word abstract to Christopher
Meir ((Christopher.meir /at/ sta.uwi.edu)) by June 30, 2012. Completed chapters
will be between 5,000 and 8,000 words and will be due by January 31, 2013.