Late SCMS Panel Call: Ideas of INDEPENDENCE







As this year’s SCMS conference meets in Boston, one of the historic cities

of the American Revolution, this panel invites ideas of what now constitutes

independence in the media industries. After the celebration of American

“indies” in the 1980s and 1990s, and given the current reach of the mass

media, how can we contextualize independent companies and media-makers?

Possible topics include:







*Aesthetics that arguably constitute an independent style, and their

relationship to more conventional techniques.



*Past or present media-makers who staked out claims of independence, or

manifest ambivalence between what they consider independent and commercial

work.



*Histories of media companies that moved from an independent to mainstream

position, visa versa, or that straddle the two.



*The openness of different media at particular periods to independent

productions.



*Uses of the term “independent” in distribution and other industry

discourses.







Other lucid and creative ideas on the theme of independence are welcome.

Send a proposed title and 250-word abstract, plus a one-paragraph bio and up

to five sources by August 25 to Dr. Gabriel M. Paletz of the Prague Film

School, Czech Republic: [log in to unmask]





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Dr. Gabriel M. Paletz

Documentary, Screenwriting, Film Comedy

and Film History for Filmmakers

The Prague Film School

Pštrossova 19

Praha 1, 110 00

Prague, Czech Republic

Praha, Česká Republika



(tel.) +420-257-534-013/014

(fax) +420-222-510-930



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