[ecrea] Call for Papers: Screen Industries - State of Play, May 2016

Screen Industries: State of Play
A Postgraduate Screen Studies Research Symposium
University of Manchester, Friday, 27th May 2016

The present moment is one of rapid change within the screen industries: 
from the rise and expanding reach of online streaming services, to live 
theatre and opera broadcasting on the big screen, and gaming industries 
moving to establish film and television production companies. Given 
these fast-moving shifts in the field, it could be argued that 
industry-based analysis and research is an under-represented aspect of 
Screen Studies.

This postgraduate symposium aims to address this concern and examine the 
state of play in today's screen industries. The symposium hopes to 
explore the convergence - or lack thereof - between the various screen 
mediums: between cinema, television, games, visual art, music and mass 
media (to name just a few).

The organisers of this postgraduate symposium are inviting proposals for 
15 minute provocations/presentations on any aspect of screen industries. 
This burgeoning field exists across university divisions and we aim to 
give postgraduate students an opportunity to develop their presentation 
skills for interdisciplinary audiences. The event aims to foster 
dialogue and further collaboration across the postgraduate community 
with a specific eye toward the theoretical and practical issues of 
researching this nascent field.

Topics and questions could include, but are not limited to:

·     Modalities and methodologies of industry research
·     Convergence of media across sites of reception and production
·     Technology and shifts in screen aesthetics
·     Production, distribution and exhibition
·     Economy and labour
·     Screenwriting
·     Global/national/international screen movements
·     International adaptations and co-productions
·     Audiences and new audiences
·     Impact/issues of arts and cultural policy

It is our hope that this topic will support a diverse discussion, 
combining the various research interests and methodological approaches 
of the PG community within a broad but consistent theme.

Confirmed Speakers:

Roy Stafford has taught film in further, higher and adult education in 
the UK. He is now a freelance lecturer working in cinema-based film 
education. He is co-author of "The Media Student’s Book" (5th edition, 
2010) and has written widely on film including "Understanding Audiences 
and the Film Industry" (2007) and most recently "The Global Film Book" 
(2014).

Dr Anthony Smith is a lecturer in Television Theory at the University of 
Salford and co-editor of "Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: 
Exploring Screen Narratives" (2014).

Third speaker to be confirmed.

Please send proposals (no more than 250 words) along with the 
presentation title and a brief biography (100 words) to 
(uom.screenindustries /at/ gmail.com) by Friday, 4th March 2016.

Successful applicants will be notified by Monday, 14th March 2016.

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