‘Weddings and Funerals’: The UK Screen Industries in A Global Context (1994-2024)
A conference organised by the Centre for Converged Screen Media and Entertainment
The Library
School of the Arts
University of Liverpool
Thursday 13 June
Attendance is free subject to registration through this link
Programme
| 9-9:30 | Arrivals, Registration coffee |
| 9:30-9:40 | Introductions Welcome (Sarah Thomas, Yannis Tzioumakis |
| 9:40-10:50 | Keynote Address – Dr Kay Dickinson (University of Glasgow) Supply Chain Cinema: Challenging Measures, Challenging Hours - chair Dr Sarah Thomas (Liverpool) |
| 10:50-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:45 |
UK Screen Industries and Local and Global Limitations (chair – Gary Needham, Liverpool) Suryansu Guha (UCLA) “Animation in London/Matchmove in Bangalore:” Territorial Profiles of Visual Effects Workforces in the Global Media Industries Dr Luke Robinson (University of Sussex): The Interpreter: Tsai Chin and the Limits of British Cinema’s Global Presence Dr Ting Guo (University of Liverpool): Let’s take the Doctor to China: Marketing Doctor Who to Chinese audience Dr Caroline Langhorst (De Montfort University) From the Brit Pack to ‘where have all the Oldmans and Mortons gone?’ and an Enduring Celtic Presence: An Overview of Fluctuating Access to Training and the UK Screen Industries for Actors (1994-2024) |
| 12:45-1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45-3:30 |
Policy/Finance/Regeneration – (chair Hannah Spaulding [Liverpool]) Dr Sally Shagguan (University of York): UK Film Policy: Economic Growth vs. Cultural Identity Dr Mark McKenna (University of Staffordshire): Telling a Different Story: Hollywood on the Wear Professor Andrew Spicer (University of West England) Constructing the Media City: The BBC's Move to Salford Professor Philip Drake (University of Liverpool) From Media City to Enterprise City: Media Convergence and the Spatial Reimagination of Manchester |
| 3:30-3:40 | Break |
| 3:40-4:50 |
The COSME Perspective: Converging Screen Industries in the UK: (Chair Philip Drake) Dr Chris McMahon (University of Liverpool): A Whole New Ball Game: Football and Digital Media since the 1990s Dr Cat Mahoney (University of Liverpool): Streaming the Past: Historical Drama in the age of TVIV Dr Nessa Johnston: (University of Liverpool): From headline-grabbing to heritage? Beats (2019), rave culture and screen industries in the UK) Dr Sarah Thomas (University of Liverpool): 'Tracing ‘The Green Planet 5G AR Consortium’: Converged storytelling and investment across the contemporary UK Creative Industries'. Dr Yannis Tzioumakis (University of Liverpool: The UK Film Industry and US Indie Film: A Special Relationship |
| 4:50-5:00 | Break |
| 5:00-6:15 | Plenary – In conversation with Roger Shannon (former Head of Film Production Scottish Screen, former Head of Production, UK Film Council, former Head of BFI Production Board, former CEO of Moving Image Development Agency) - chair Yannis Tzioumakis (Liverpool) |
| 6:15-7:45 | Reception |