The Centre for Film, Media, Discourse and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton warmly invites you to a free public lecture
Stories behind the screen: the rise of Screenwriting Studies
Dr Ian Macdonald
Wednesday 28 February, 6-7.30pm
University of Wolverhampton, George Wallis Building, MK045
Abstract
Did you hear the one about the highly respected writer who throws all his best work away? Or the author of an acclaimed drama, who didn't write it? Or, astonishingly, there's the creative practice on which the world's film industries have been based for over a century, but which has been entirely ignored by perhaps 90% of Film Studies academics? No? Screenwriting Studies has become established as an academic focus only within the last decade. Suddenly we're seeing how much we need to do to redress this startling omission, and how significant this focus seems to be in the changing world of screen storytelling.
About the Speaker
Dr Ian W. Macdonald is the co-founder of the Screenwriting Research Network, a founding co-editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Screenwriting (2009-date), and was the founding editor of the book series Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting from 2011 to 2015. He is now Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, and Docent in Screenwriting Research at Aalto University, Helsinki. His career has included TV production on entertainment shows such as Clive James on TV, Tarrant on TV and The Trouble with Michael Caine (which won a Gold award at the New York Film and TV Festival).
No booking required but please contact Dr Fran Pheasant-Kelly at [log in to unmask] for any queries.
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