Paul McDonald / Janet Wasko (eds.)

The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry

Herausgegeben von McDonald, Paul; Wasko, Janet

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examines the state of the U.S. film industry, from the l980s to present day.
Includes important discussions of the industry's labour and star systems, as well as intellectual property and state relations
Considers the role of independent producers, the global marketplace for Hollywood product, corporate changes, and various new media windows, including video, DVD to cable, satellite, and online channels of delivery
Brings together an international team of leading film scholars
Offers a balanced and fresh approach to this important contemporary period in Hollywood

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 169mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781405133883
• ISBN-10: 1405133880
• Artikelnr.: 23015266

Autorenporträt

Paul McDonald is Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Video and DVD Industries and The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities and co-editor for the International Screen Industries series from the British Film Institute. Janet Wasko is the Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon. She is the author of How Hollywood Works, Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy, and Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen. She also edited A Companion to Television and Dazzled by Disney? The Global Disney Audience Project.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Contributors. Figures and Tables. Preface. Introduction. Part I:
The Structure of the Industry. 1. The Studio System and Conglomerate
Hollywood. Tom Schatz. 2. Finance and Production: Creating the Film
Commodity. Janet Wasko. 3. Distribution and Marketing in Contemporary
Hollywood. Philip Drake. 4. Theatrical Exhibition: Accelerated Cinema.
Charles Acland. 5. Ancillary Markets - Television: From Challenge to Safe
Haven. Eileen R. Meehan. 6. Ancillary Markets -- Video and DVD: Hollywood
Retools. Frederick Wasser. 7. Ancillary Markets -- Video Games: Promises
and Challenges of an Emerging Industry. Randy Nichols. 8. Ancillary Markets
- Recorded Music: Charting the Rise and Fall of the Soundtrack. Jeff Smith.
Part II: Industry Dynamics. 9. Hollywood Labor Relations: The Effects of
Media Concentration on the Film and Television Workforce. Susan
Christopherson. 10. The Star System: Producing Hollywood Stardom in the
Post-Studio Era. Paul McDonald. 11. Hollywood and the State: The American
Film Industry Cartel in the Age of Globalization. Manjunath Pendakur. 12.
Hollywood and Intellectual Property. Ronald V. Bettig. Part III:
International Territories. 13. Hollywood and the World: Export or Die. John
Trumpbour. 14. Britain: Hollywood UK. Paul McDonald. 15. France: A Story of
Love and Hate. Joel Augros. 16. Germany: A Very Special Relationship. Peter
Kramer. 17. Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Market. Krishna P.
Jayakar and David Waterman. 18. Latin America: How Mexico and Argentina
Cope and Cooperate with the Behemoth of the North. Tamara L. Falicov. 19.
East Asia: For Better of Worse. John A. Lent. 20. India: Hollywood's
Domination, Extinction and Re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park).
Nitin Govil. 21. Australia and New Zealand: Expats in Hollywood and
Hollywood South. David Newman. Index

Rezensionen

"Covers all levels of motion pictures from a business perspective ... .This book examines the industry in contemporary marketing terms, and each essay clearly explains another aspect of American film as a business. THE CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY is a truly indispensable book, and a pioneering effort in understanding cinema's business aspects. It's thorough study of the financial side of motion pictures, complete with full lists of sources after each insightful essay, is fascinating, enlightening, and instructive." (RogueCinema.com, December 2008)