Hollywood is facing unprecedented challenges – and is changing rapidly and radically as a result. In this major new study of the contemporary film industry, leading film historian Tino Balio explores the impact of the Internet, declining DVD sales and changing consumer spending habits on the way Hollywood conducts its business. Today, the major studios play an insignificant role in the bottom lines of their conglomerate parents and have fled to safety, relying on big-budget tentpoles, franchises and family films to reach their target audiences. Comprehensive, compelling and filled with engaging case studies (TimeWarner, DreamWorks SKG, Spider Man, The Lord of the Rings, IMAX, Netflix, Miramax, Sony Pictures Classics, Lionsgate and Sundance), Hollywood in the New Millennium is a must-read for all students of film studies, cinema studies, media studies, communication studies, and radio and television.
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Examines the challenges facing the contemporary film industry, exploring the merging of the major old-line studios such as Warner Bros. and Paramount into entertainment conglomerates; the impact of globalization; new distribution methods; franchises; attempts to reach new markets. Filled with case studies, this comprehensive study is a must-read.
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Introduction.- 1 Mergers and Acquisitions: The Quest for Synergy.- 2 Production: Tentpoles and Franchises.- 3 Distribution: Open Wide.- 4 Exhibition: Upgrading Moviegoing.- 5 Ancillary Markets: Shattered Windows.- 6 Independents: 'To the Rear and Back End'.- Conclusion.- References and Further Reading.- Index.
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Hollywood is facing unprecedented challenges – and is changing rapidly and radically as a result. In this major new study of the contemporary film industry, leading film historian Tino Balio explores the impact of the Internet, declining DVD sales and changing consumer spending habits on the way Hollywood conducts its business. Today, the major studios play an insignificant role in the bottom lines of their conglomerate parents and have fled to safety, relying on big-budget tentpoles, franchises and family films to reach their target audiences. Comprehensive, compelling and filled with engaging case studies (TimeWarner, DreamWorks SKG, Spider Man, The Lord of the Rings, IMAX, Netflix, Miramax, Sony Pictures Classics, Lionsgate and Sundance), Hollywood in the New Millennium is a must-read for all students of film studies, cinema studies, media studies, communication studies, and radio and television.
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This is a major new study of the Hollywood film industry by a leading film historian

The International Screen Industries series highlights media industries around the world, examining the organizational structures, working conditions, institutional cultures, and social contexts in which they operate. Now in its third decade and under a new editorial team, the series is expanding its remit to further include dynamic industry sectors and exciting new areas of activity while also commissioning volumes in established fields that have not yet featured prominently in media industries research.

The series editors are particularly interested in proposals on such vibrant areas as media platforms, technological infrastructures, media governance, immersive and interactive media, audio screens, creator culture, and environmental media. They encourage new projects on sports, advertising, gaming, and physical media from an industry perspective, while continuing to welcome work on legacy screen media across geographical and cultural territories.

Series Editors:
Alisa Perren, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool, UK

Associate Editors
Matthew Crain, Miami University, Ohio, USA
Jason Kido Lopez, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Jade L. Miller, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Debashree Mukherjee, Columbia University, USA
Elaine Jing Zhao, University of New South Wales, Australia

Founding editors
Michael Curtin, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Paul McDonald, King’s College London, UK

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844573806
Publisert
2013-04-23
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; BFI Publishing
Vekt
400 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
Popular/general, U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184

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TINO BALIO is Emeritus Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The 2001 recipient of the inaugural Academy Film Scholar Grant from the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, Balio has written widely on the historical development of Hollywood
and the American film industry. He is the author of a two-volume history of United Artists, Grand
Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939 (1996), and The Foreign Film
Renaissance on American Screens, 1946–1973 (2010).