The Political Economy of Local Cinema : a Critical Introduction.
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Frankfurt a.M. :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright information
- Preface
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Part 1 Local Cinema and Digitization: Distribution and Exhibition
- The political economy of participatory community cinemas :
- Introduction
- Local, independent, participatory and community cinemas
- Community cinemas as alternative media
- Brief history of CineCiutat: A story of participatory resistance
- The political economy of CineCiutat
- Conclusions
- References
- Elements of a critical political economy of local cinema in Digital Era:
- Introduction
- The values inside contemporary film markets
- The strategies of some French-speaking countries exhibitors: The lo-bal process
- The history of film exhibition crisis: A problem of disconnection inside the double side of the aesthetic of Cinema
- Conclusion: Some epistemological considerations about studying lo-bal process strategies
- References
- Film distribution in Finland :
- Introduction
- The study of film distribution
- From global to local distribution
- Distribution deals
- Release strategies, windows and box office revenues
- Moving away from the formal distribution
- Analysing distribution
- References
- Digitizing local cinema:
- Introduction
- Diversity or concentration?
- Digitizing Local Cinemas in Norway
- Empirical Method and Data
- Local cinema supply and demand
- Local cinema repertoire
- Distribution of Screenings and Attendance
- The rise of local cinema self-distributed films
- Conclusions
- References
- The political economy of Khaleeji cinema :
- Introduction
- Literature review
- What Khaleeji cinema means
- Periodisation
- (1) Khaleeji cinema and the rise of foreign oil companies
- Film exhibition and distribution
- Film production
- (2) Post-independence Khaleeji cinema: 1960s to 1990s.
- The building of the cinema infrastructure
- Film distribution business model in Dubai
- Film production
- (3) Khaleeji cinema post 2002 to 2017
- Development and production of films
- Informal circuit and film production
- Economic growth of GCC exhibition sector
- Conclusion
- References
- Part 2 Local Cinema and Globalization: Struggles, Survival and Sustainability
- Production of Main Melody Film in Post-Socialist China:
- Introduction
- Critical transculturalism : From domination to globalization
- Production of main melody film in China: A prehistory of Wolf Warrior 2
- Birth of main melody film
- Marketization of the Chinese film industry and the "new" main melody film
- Deconstructing Wolf Warrior 2
- 1. Financialization of the Chinese Hollywood style mega-production
- 2. Discursive construction: Building nationhood of China through Hollywood story
- 3. Marketing strategies: Domestic film protection month and national campaign for Army's day
- Conclusion
- References
- In the land of Finnish Swedish cinema :
- Introduction
- Universal stories
- The room of Finnish Swedish cinema
- Join the Empire or vanish?
- References
- Art against the odds
- Introduction
- Approach
- Methodology
- Bottom-tier films
- Case studies
- Case Study of Sione's Wedding (2006)
- Story, concept and development
- Budget and institutional objectives
- Domestic distribution
- Piracy
- International Distribution
- Case study of Boy (2010)
- Story, concept and development
- Budget and institutional objectives
- Domestic distribution
- Piracy
- International distribution
- Case study of The Orator (2011)
- Story, concept and development
- Budget and institutional objectives
- Production challenges
- Domestic distribution
- Piracy
- International distribution
- Comparative analysis and conclusion.
- References
- Market censorship and Finnish cinema
- Introduction
- Towards a wider view of censorship
- Market censorship and self-censorship
- The 'Finnish Case'
- Conclusions
- 1. Context
- 2. Message
- 3. Author
- 4. Code
- 5. Medium and receiver
- References
- Sustainability as a framework of analysis and a guide for policy-making:
- Introduction
- Sustainability and cultural industries
- Theorising sustainable film industries
- Sustainable cycles
- Criteria for socio-economic sustainability
- A framework to analyse and foster sustainability in the film industry
- Self-sustainability : Local versus transnational and private versus public funding
- Methodology
- The film industry value chain in New Zealand
- The Wellington film district
- Mapping constraints to sustainability
- Financial capacity
- Ability to feed from creative sources and pools of specialised labour
- Screenwriters
- Top creative producers
- Intellectual property
- Productivity and appropriate infrastructure
- Captive local and international audiences
- Conclusions
- References
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Index.