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

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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

List of Figures viii
List of Tables xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Notes on Contributors xiv
Introduction: The New Contours of the Hollywood Film Industry 1
Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko
Part I The Structure Of The Industry 11
1 The Studio System and Conglomerate Hollywood 13
Tom Schatz
2 Financing and Production: Creating the Hollywood Film Commodity 43
Janet Wasko
3 Distribution and Marketing in Contemporary Hollywood 63
Philip Drake
4 Theatrical Exhibition: Accelerated Cinema 83
Charles Acland
5 Ancillary Markets - Television: From Challenge to Safe Haven 106
Eileen R. Meehan
6 Ancillary Markets - Video and DVD: Hollywood Retools 120
Frederick Wasser
7 Ancillary Markets - Video Games: Promises and Challenges of an Emerging
Industry 132
Randy Nichols
8 Ancillary Markets - Recorded Music: Charting the Rise and Fall of the
Soundtrack Album 143
Jeff Smith
Part II Industry Dynamics 153
9 Labor: The Effects of Media Concentration on the Film and Television
Workforce 155
Susan Christopherson
10 The Star System: The Production of Hollywood Stardom in the Post-Studio
Era 167
Paul McDonald
11 Hollywood and the State: The American Film Industry Cartel in the Age of
Globalization 182
Manjunath Pendakur
12 Hollywood and Intellectual Property 195
Ronald V. Bettig
Part III International Territories 207
13 Hollywood and the World: Export or Die 209
John Trumpbour
14 Britain: Hollywood, UK 220
Paul McDonald
15 France: A Story of Love and Hate - French and American Cinema in the
French Audiovisual Markets 232
Joel Augros
16 Germany: Hollywood and the Germans - A Very Special Relationship 240
Peter Krämer
17 Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Market 251
Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman
18 Latin America: How Mexico and Argentina Cope and Cooperate with the
Behemoth of the North 264
Tamara L. Falicov
19 East Asia: For Better or Worse 277
John A. Lent
20 India: Hollywood's Domination, Extinction, and Re-animation (with thanks
to Jurassic Park) 285
Nitin Govil
21 Australia and New Zealand: Expats in Hollywood and Hollywood South 295
David Newman
Index 307

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)