Working in the Global Film and Television Industries: Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage

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Dr. Andrew Dawson (Principal Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Greenwich) Dr. Sean Holmes (Brunel University)

Working in the Global Film and Television Industries

Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage

Dr. Andrew Dawson (Principal Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Greenwich), Dr. Sean Holmes (Brunel University)

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Bloomsbury Academic
01 September 2012

Film movie production: technical skills; Cinema industry

Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends in the practice of Film and Television Studies.

This collection places the workplace experiences of industry workers at centre stage. It looks at film and television production in a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. The book provides detailed analyses of specific systems of production and their role in shaping the experience of work, whilst also engaging with the key theoretical and methodological questions involved in film and television production. Drawing together the work of historians, film scholars, and anthropologists, it looks at film and television production not only in Hollywood and Western Europe but also in less familiar settings such as the Soviet Union, India, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Chronologically wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and international in scope, it is a unique introduction, critical for all students of the film industries and film production.

Edited by: Dr. Andrew Dawson (Principal Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow School of Humanities University of Greenwich), Dr. Sean Holmes (Brunel University)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781780930237
ISBN 10: 1780930232
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 September 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Dawson is Film Studies programme leader at the University of Greenwich. He teaches courses on Film and American Society and Working for Hollywood. Sean Holmes is Subject Leader for Screen Media and a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Brunel University. He has taught in the U.K. and the U.S. and his current research looks at the politics of cultural production.

Reviews for Working in the Global Film and Television Industries: Creativity, Systems, Space, Patronage

We live in a world where work is often about relations between people and place, and about creating an identity. More than that, hidden behind the scenes of the structures within which workers operate are real-life stories that offer unique insights into what the way we work says about our society. That is why I am fascinated by this important book...This book offers a valuable contribution to our reflections on social justice issues and change in work for readers in media and film studies, cinema history, and work and labour studies. One of the many strengths of the text is that it offers revealing and often surprising snapshots of the kinds of politics, restrictions, constraints and pressures under which various workers have had to operate, and that they must delicately navigate...Overall, the collection encourages the reader to reflect on the kind of world in which professionals in creative industries have worked, and invigorates questions about the kind of world in which we might want to work and live. -- Sheree K. Gregory, Swinburne Institute for Social Research Media International Australia