Northern Lights. Volume 10 (2012). Volume
editors: Mette Mortensen & Eva Novrup Redvall.
Re-thinking Film and Media Production:
Creativity, Convergence and Participation
Deadline for abstracts on December 15, 2010.
Full articles to be delivered on March 15, 2011.
The 2012 volume of Northern Lights will focus
on the renewed interest in film and media
production. In recent years there has been a
shift across a broad field of media and
cultural studies from primarily devoting
attention to the finished product, oeuvre or
reception to also considering production
practices. On the one hand, technological
changes in the modes of production and
distribution have caused a blurring of
boundaries between media consumers and
producers. On the other hand, concurrent with a
heightened awareness of the project-based
nature of work in creative industries, a
scholarly interest in creative collaborations,
choices and constraints as well as
institutional contexts have emerged. New
empirical topics along with new theoretical and
analytical tools have gained ground within film
and media research in response to this
development. Areas of studies such as
?screenwriting?, ?creativity? and ?convergence
culture? are appearing, just as familiar
theoretical keywords like ?production
aesthetics? and ?cultural production? are being
rethought. Acknowledging that the conditions of
production have a great impact on the framework
for reception, production analysis and theory
may pave the way for new insights into the
aesthetical, technological, ethical,
ideological, political and economical aspects of film and media.
In particular, the editors will consider
articles relating to the following themes:
? Analyses of creative work and production
practices through theoretically informed case studies.
? The changes brought about by
user-generated content and other participatory
practices to different media formats and to the
larger contexts, e.g., of popular culture, the public debate and politics.
? The convergence of different media systems
setting new conditions for the modes of production.
? Collaborative practices in film and media
production, e.g., how they challenge the
traditional notions of oeuvre and authorship.
? Studies of institutional frameworks and
power structures in the film and media industry globally as well as nationally.
? Changes in the roles and self-perceptions
of film and media professionals prompted by new modes of production.
Deadlines:
Abstracts/papers: December 15, 2010
Full articles: March 15, 2011
Publication: January 1, 2012
Abstracts/papers should be sent to the volume
editors: Mette Mortensen, University of
Copenhagen
(<UrlBlockedError.htm>(metmort /at/ hum.ku.dk)) and
Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen
(<UrlBlockedError.htm>(eva /at/ hum.ku.dk)).
