This issue interrogates understandings of creative practice in screen production research within the framework of a broad range of activities that includes production and distribution of feature films to documentaries and to experimental audio-visual film genres. Screen production research here also includes enquiry into the education of future film and television professionals. The term ‘screen’ has been popular in Australia for the film and television industries, being adopted as early as 2004 with the creation of the Australian Screen Production, Education and Research Association (ASPERA) and the formation of Screen Australia in 2008. In the United Kingdom, the analogous term ‘filmmaking’ is widely employed. This special issue on Filmmaking and Screen Production Research is a joint project between ASPERA and the Filmmaking Research Network (FRN), funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. Creative Practice Research in Filmmaking and Screen Production is an anthology which highlights the ongoing work of the FRN and ASPERA, presented here as peer-reviewed research papers and a report, each interrogating issues that are central to both organisations’ activities. ASPERA has been working with educators and researchers on consolidating screen production research particularly over the last five years in Australia. The ASPERA community has produced more than 50 scholarly traditional outputs since 2014 which have significantly contributed to new knowledge in the field. In addition, the 2017 ASPERA report Screen Production Research Reporting: An ASPERA Scoping Project captures disciplinary challenges regarding creative practice research reporting and evaluation in Australia’s academic landscape. It seeks to assist researchers and research managers to understand how screen production outputs might be evaluated, and subsequently recognised as research outputs. The report highlights findings that environments for creative practice research vary greatly between institutions and outcomes of this mode of research vary greatly across the sector. The report also speaks of the extent to which these differences impact on the practices of screen production researchers. A number have changed their approach to conducting research, while others have found ways to comply with national requirements yet still work on creative practice projects that may not clearly sit within the ‘research’ parameters set by their institution. A second ASPERA report was released in June 2018. The Measuring Excellence in Screen Production Research report details how ASPERA as a peak body recognises and measures research quality in screen production. It offers guidelines and principles to assist creative practice researchers working in screen production and also those that evaluate this research, and aims to specify levels of excellence in the discipline for an Australian research context. It is intended to promote discussion and debate, anticipating amendments that respond to a community of researchers and evolving research and industry terrains. These reports are available on the ASPERA website (www.aspera.org.au/research/research-resources/).

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电影制作和银幕制作中的创意实践研究

这个问题在一系列活动的框架内询问对屏幕制作研究中的创造性实践的理解，这些活动包括将故事片制作和发行到纪录片和实验性视听电影流派。屏幕制作研究还包括对未来影视专业人士的教育进行调查。“屏幕”一词在澳大利亚电影和电视产业中很流行，早在2004年就成立了澳大利亚屏幕制作，教育和研究协会（ASPERA），并于2008年成立了澳大利亚屏幕公司。在英国，类似的术语“电影制作”被广泛使用。这个关于电影制作和银幕制作研究的特刊是ASPERA和电影制作研究网络（FRN）的联合项目，由英国艺术与人文研究委员会资助。电影和银幕制作中的创意实践研究是一本选集，着重介绍了FRN和ASPERA的正在进行的工作，在这里以同行评审的研究论文和报告的形式呈现，每一个审讯问题对于这两个组织的活动都是至关重要的。ASPERA一直与教育工作者和研究人员合作，以巩固屏幕制作研究，特别是在过去五年中，在澳大利亚。自2014年以来，ASPERA社区已产生了50多种学术传统成果，为该领域的新知识做出了重大贡献。此外，2017 ASPERA报告屏幕生产研究报告：ASPERA范围界定项目捕获了澳大利亚学术界有关创造性实践研究报告和评估的学科挑战。它旨在帮助研究人员和研究经理了解如何评估屏幕生产的产出，并随后将其确认为研究产出。该报告强调指出，不同机构之间创造性实践研究的环境差异很大，并且该研究模式的结果在整个行业中差异很大。该报告还谈到了这些差异对丝网生产研究人员实践的影响程度。许多人改变了进行研究的方法，其他人则找到了符合国家要求的方法，但仍在创造性实践项目上工作，而这些实践实践可能显然不在其机构设置的“研究”参数之内。ASPERA的第二份报告于2018年6月发布。《屏幕生产研究卓越测量》报告详细介绍了ASPERA作为高峰组织如何认识和衡量屏幕生产研究质量。它提供了指南和原则，以协助从事屏幕制作工作的创造性实践研究人员以及评估该研究的人员，并旨在针对澳大利亚的研究背景，指定该学科的卓越水平。它旨在促进讨论和辩论，预期会针对研究人员群体做出修改，并不断发展研究和行业领域。