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Working in the global film and television industries : creativity, systems, space, patronage / edited by Andrew Dawson and Sean P. Holmes.

Contributor(s): Dawson, Andrew [editor.] | Holmes, Sean P [editor.]Publisher: London ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012Description: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: 45268ISBN: 9781780930190 (e-book)Subject(s): Motion picture industry | Motion pictures | BroadcastingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Working in the global film and television industries : creativity, systems, space, patronage.DDC classification: 791.43 LOC classification: PN1994.5 | .W675 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
1. New perspectives on working in the global film and television industries -- pt. 1. Systems of production. 2. Labouring in Hollywood's motion picture industry and the legacy of 'flexible specialization' ; 3. Soviet film-making under the 'producership' of the party state (1955-85) ; 4. Making films in Scandinavia : work and production infrastructure in the contemporary regional sector -- pt. 2. Manoeuvrable spaces. 5. No room for manoeuvre : star images and the regulation of actors' labour in silent-era Hollywood ; 6. Working as a freelancer in UK television ; 7. Behind the scenes : the working conditions of technical workers in the Nigerian film industry -- pt. 3. Patronage and clientelism. 8. Fathers, patrons and clients in Kinshasa's media world : social and economic dynamics in the production of television drama ; 9. Les chefs-opératrices : women behind the camera in France -- pt. 4. Creative agency. 10. Cornel Lucas : stills photography and production culture in 1950s British film ; 11. Making faces : competition and change in the production of Bollywood film star looks.
Summary: Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends in the practice of Film and Television Studies. This collection places the workplace experiences of industry workers at centre stage. It looks at film and television production in a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. The book provides detailed analyses of specific systems of production and their role in shaping the experience of work, whilst also engaging with the key the.
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Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends in the practice of Film and Television Studies. This collection places the workplace experiences of industry workers at centre stage. It looks at film and television production in a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. The book provides detailed analyses of specific systems of production and their role in shaping the experience of work, whilst also engaging with the key theoretical and methodological questions involved in film and television production. Drawing together the work of historians, film scholars, and anthropologists, it looks at film and television production not only in Hollywood and Western Europe but also in less familiar settings such as the Soviet Union, India, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Chronologically wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and international in scope, it is a unique introduction, critical for all students of the film industries and film production.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. New perspectives on working in the global film and television industries -- pt. 1. Systems of production. 2. Labouring in Hollywood's motion picture industry and the legacy of 'flexible specialization' ; 3. Soviet film-making under the 'producership' of the party state (1955-85) ; 4. Making films in Scandinavia : work and production infrastructure in the contemporary regional sector -- pt. 2. Manoeuvrable spaces. 5. No room for manoeuvre : star images and the regulation of actors' labour in silent-era Hollywood ; 6. Working as a freelancer in UK television ; 7. Behind the scenes : the working conditions of technical workers in the Nigerian film industry -- pt. 3. Patronage and clientelism. 8. Fathers, patrons and clients in Kinshasa's media world : social and economic dynamics in the production of television drama ; 9. Les chefs-opératrices : women behind the camera in France -- pt. 4. Creative agency. 10. Cornel Lucas : stills photography and production culture in 1950s British film ; 11. Making faces : competition and change in the production of Bollywood film star looks.

Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends in the practice of Film and Television Studies. This collection places the workplace experiences of industry workers at centre stage. It looks at film and television production in a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. The book provides detailed analyses of specific systems of production and their role in shaping the experience of work, whilst also engaging with the key the.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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