[ecrea] CFP: Researching Media Companies Producing Audio-visual Content

*Call for papers: Researching Media Companies Producing Audio-visual 
Content***

Conference, 20-21 April 2017, held at Inland Norway University of 
Applied Sciences, Department of Film and Television Studies, 
Lillehammer, Norway

Sponsored byIAMCR's Media Production Analysis Working Group 
<http://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/media-production-analysis>

*Confirmed keynote speakers*

Professor Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan, USA 
<http://sifti.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:keynote-speakers&catid=10:statisk>

Associate Professor Olof Hedling, University of Lund, Sweden 
<http://sifti.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:keynote-speakers&catid=10:statisk> 


In our audiovisual industries where multiple screens need a constant 
supply of material, there is a growing number of private and public 
production companies producing a range of products from multi-million 
dollar feature films to simple YouTube videos. Research at the level of 
the company is still rather scarce apart from studies of Hollywood, the 
large U.S television networks and the European public broadcasters. 
However, research on individual companies is important because they are 
the actual creators of our media culture, and it is therefore of vital 
importance to understand and discuss the constraints and possibilities 
they face. Company level research is also important as a supplement to 
overarching studies of the media industries, which provides important 
overviews of the structural characteristics of the media market, while 
tending to overlook how individual companies react to common 
constraints, pursuing individual strategies that might push the media 
industry in new directions.

This 2-day conference will explore how media scholarship might engage 
with and conceptualize, film and TV production companies. The conference 
aims to analyse questions of working routines, profiles and strategies 
of individual companies; business relationships and contexts 
(regional/national/global); and theoretical issues or methodological 
approaches related to studies of production companies. Papers on both 
historical and contemporary topics are welcome.

Topics may include, but are not restricted to:

         Company culture/profile/management
         Working routines/innovation/creativity
         Competition, innovation, and risk-reducing strategies
         Production industry/sector ecology
         Multiplatform production/new production modes/DIY companies
         Coping with the digital market
         Relationships with business partners (distributors, 
broadcasters, VOD services, etc.)
         Company views on quality, success, and the art/commerce dichotomy

  The conference is free of charge, two lunches included. Conference 
dinner will cost 450 NOK. (app. € 45).

*Submissions*

Please send your proposal to (konferanser /at/ hil.no) 
<mailto:(konferanser /at/ hil.no)> by January 10, 2017 (extended deadline). 
Proposals should include title of the proposed paper, a 300 word 
abstract, and a short author biography. Click here to download the 
registration form 
<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19327727/Konferanser/SIFTI/Abstract%20formula.doc> 
or visit the website: SiFTI.no 
<http://sifti.no/index.php/en/component/content/article/10-statisk/45-conference>.

  Accepted papers will be notified by January 15.

Full papers are expected April 3.

The organisers plan to publish an edited anthology with the best papers.


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