UID:
almahu_9949568484002882
Format:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783631813300
Note:
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.
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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.
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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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rajala, Anne The Political Economy of Local Cinema: a Critical Introduction Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2020 ISBN 9783631799512
Language:
English
Keywords:
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