The Film Studio: Film Production in the Global Economy

by Ben Goldsmith, Tom O'Regan

Overview

The Film Studio sheds new light on the evolution of global film production, highlighting the role of film studios worldwide. The authors explore the contemporary international production environment, alleging that global competition is best understood as an unequal and unstable partnership between the 'design interest' of footloose producers and the 'location interest' of local actors. Ben Goldsmith and Tom O'Regan identify various types of film studios and investigate the consequences for Hollywood, international film production, and the studio locations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742580022
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/05/2005
Series:	Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	515 KB

About the Author

Ben Goldsmith is a lecturer in the Centre for Screen Studies and Research at the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School in Sydney, Australia. Tom O'Regan is professor of media and cultural studies in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1 International Production and Globalization
Chapter 4 2 Types of Studio
Chapter 5 3 Studios, the Location Interest, and Policy
Chapter 6 4 Studios, Stargates, and Urban Reimagining
Chapter 7 5 Extreme Dreams in Satellite Locations: The Rise of the Greenfields Studio
Chapter 8 6 From National to International Film Studios
Chapter 9 7 Still Exceptional? London's Film Studios
Chapter 10 8 The Same but Different!: Canadian Studios and International Production
Chapter 11 9 Still the Center: Studios and the United States
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Authors