[ecrea] Commissioning Creativity. A symposium on commissioners and commissioning processes in the creative media industries

Commissioning Creativity



A symposium and workshop on commissioners and commissioning processes in 
the creative media industries



Copenhagen University, Southern Campus, room 27.1.49

16th April 2013 13:00-16:00



Film and media production is marked by a high degree of creative and 
economic uncertainty. Often, new works are commissioned based on 
tentative ideas of what may become an interesting new contribution. 
Screenplays, synopses and proposals are central in this process, but so 
are the track records of the people behind them and different 
conceptions of talent or ’the good idea’. Commissioners can be regarded 
as gatekeepers when assessing the potential of proposed projects, 
deciding what to fund or not, but they can also act as cultural 
intermediaries and creative facilitators during the development of new 
ideas. This workshop explores the process of commissioning and the role 
of commissioners.



The program consists of academic case studies of the roles of 
commissioners and the commissioning processes in Denmark and the UK by 
Inge Ejbye Sørensen and Sara Malou Strandvad, as well as a presentation 
by New Danish Screen’s artistic director Jakob Høgel and project editor 
Marie Schmidt Olesen on their professional roles and the nature of their 
work. These presentations are followed by an open forum session intended 
as a constructive dialogue between researchers, industry professionals 
and students to explore possible collaborations and further future 
research on creative processes and work in the creative media industries.





The workshop is organised by Inge Ejbye Sørensen and Eva Novrup Redvall 
as part of the research priority area Creative Media Industries, 
University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with New Danish Screen, The 
Danish Film Institute.





Programme



13:00-13:10     Welcome (Eva Novrup Redvall/Inge Ejbye Sørensen)



13:10-13:45  'TV channels as content curators - multiplatform  
developments in UK broadcasting' (Inge Ejbye Sørensen) & discussion.



13:45- 14:20  ‘New Danish Screen - an organizational facilitation of 
creative initiatives: gatekeeping and beyond' (Sara Malou Strandvad) &   
discussion.



14:20-14:35     Coffee



14:35-15:00     New Danish Screen's role and priorities (Jakob Høgel & 
Marie  Schmidt Olesen)



15:00-15:45     Workshop: Possible collaborations and research projects.



15:45-16:00     Coffee





This symposium is free and all are welcome. However, participants who 
are not part of the priority area Creative Media Industries at 
Copenhagen University, should register before the 10th of April 2013 by 
emailing (inges /at/ hum.ku.dk).





http://cmi.mef.ku.dk/dokument/commissioning-creativity/




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