Conference 10-12 September, 2009
Venue: University of Art and Design Helsinki, Media Centre Lume, Finland

Organizers: University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK), School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design, Aristotle in Change Project

in collaboration with

The Louis Le Prince Centre for Cinema, Photography and Television, at the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK

 

Screenwriting researchers will gather to Helsinki in September. Please book your place to the conference which is aimed both at researchers of film and audiovisual culture and practicing screenwriters. Keynote lectures are held by professor Torben Grodal, Univ. of Copenhagen (Biology and Culture in Storytelling), Dr. Ian Macdonald, Univ. of Leeds (Thin Air and Solid Ground: Re-thinking Screenwriting Research) and professor David Howard, Univ. of Southern California (Beginning, Middle and End – Not Necessarily in that Order). The parallel sessions deal with the questions of screenwriting history, definitions of authorship, theoretical re-evaluations, expansion of the concept of screenwriting towards new media forms and changing nature of screenwriting. In addition, there will be two panel discussions, on education and on practices.


The registration fee is 75 e. For doctoral students the conference is free of charge. The fee covers conference materials, lunches and coffees and a get-together party on Thursday evening. A conference dinner will be arranged on Friday night for an additional fee. You can find the registration form and payment instructions at
taik.fi/rethinking -> Registration

 

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