Dear members of the Screenwriting Research Network,

We are hereby pleased to send out the first call for papers for this year's international 
conference on screenwriting research.

Looking forward to seeing you at the University of Copenhagen,

Eva Novrup Redvall and Mette Mortensen



Call for Papers

Screenwriting Research: History, Theory and Practice


Three-day International Conference on Screenwriting, 


TIME: September 9th-11th 2010
VENUE: University of Copenhagen

This is a call for papers for the annual international conference on screenwriting research, 
this year organized by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the 
University of Copenhagen.

As the first two conferences on screenwriting – at the University of Leeds in 2008 and at 
the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki in 2009 – have shown, there is an increasing 
interest in researching screenwriting from a number of different perspectives. 

Aims
The purpose of the conference is to continue the discussion of the many aspects of 
screenwriting research and to further theoretical and methodological reflections in this 
developing field. The conference also aims at strengthening the international network 
among scholars within both theoretical and practice-based research. We wish to 
encourage a critical approach to the practices, documents and values of screenwriting, 
and to seek new insights into screenwriting as part of film production culture. As the 
recent publication of the first issue of the Journal of Screenwriting has shown, 
screenwriting is a vast and vivid field, encompassing many different methodological 
approaches from a wide variety of academic disciplines. 


In particular, we encourage papers discussing the following topics:


1.	Creativity, collaborations and constraints
-	screenwriting as a creative/artistic process or a craft
-	individual as well as collaborative practices
-	self-chosen or imposed constraints in screenwriting processes 
-	discussions of authorship and intentionality

2.	The nature of the screenplay
-	reflections on narrative theory and dramaturgy
-	the relationship between word and image
-	new forms, new technologies, new media
-	issues of intermediality and adaptation
-	genre-oriented considerations of screenwriting and the screenplay

3.	Methodology of screenwriting research
-	how to approach documents, actions, intentions and visions of screenwriting
-	how to interpret and develop them theoretically
-	how to do practice-based research
-	how to teach screenwriting theory and practice within an academic or practice 
based context

4.	Practice and method of screenwriting
-	screenwriting as a practice within the cultural/creative industries
-	the different roles of the screenwriter 
-	considerations of radical or alternative methods in relation to industry conventions
-	discussions of labor aspects as well as organizational frameworks 

5.	History and theory of screenwriting
-	new research and re-evaluations on the history of screenwriting
-	national heritage of screenwriting practices
-	new approaches to screenwriting theory


Call for papers:
Time allotted to each paper is 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for discussion. 

Abstracts (300 words maximum) may be submitted until March 15 2010. Kindly 
remember to state your name, affiliation and contact information.

Please send your abstract to Eva Novrup Redvall: [log in to unmask] 

We will let you know whether your paper has been accepted no later than April 15 2010. 

The conference fee is 60 Euros including two lunches and coffee. The conference is free 
for PhD students.

More information on the program as well as on travelling and accommodation can be 
found on the conference website from January 25: http://screenwriting.mef.ku.dk 

The conference is supported by the Faculty of Humanities at The University of 
Copenhagen and is organized with assistance from the Screenwriting Research Network.

For further information, please contact Eva Novrup Redvall, [log in to unmask] or Mette 
Mortensen, [log in to unmask] at the Department of Media, Cognition and 
Communication, The University of Copenhagen.


Organizing Committee:

Eva Novrup Redvall, MA, PhD student, Department of Media, Cognition and 
Communication, The University of Copenhagen.

Mette Mortensen, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Media, Cognition and 
Communication, The University of Copenhagen.