Technological Change in the Postproduction Film Industry: Case Studies in Melbourne, Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Virginia S. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Film Industry

Studying Hammer Horror

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Walden
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Auteur Theory ◽  
Film Market ◽  
The Impact

When Hammer Productions was formed in the 1920s, no one foresaw the impact this small, independent studio would have on the international film market. Christopher Lee's mesmerizing, animalistic, yet gentlemanly performance as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy were celebrated worldwide, and the Byronic qualities of Peter Cushing's Dr. Frankenstein, among his many other Hammer characters, proved impossible to forget. Hammer maintained consistent period settings, creating a timeless and enchanting aesthetic. This book treats Hammer as a quintessentially British product and through a study of its work investigates larger conceptions of national horror cinemas. The book examines genre, auteur theory, stardom, and representation within case studies of Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Twins of Evil (1971), and Hammer's latest film, Beyond the Rave (2008). The book weighs Hammer's impact on the British film industry, past and present. Intended for students, fans, and general readers, this book transcends superficial preconceptions of Hammer horror in order to reach the essence of Hammer.

Popular music heritage, community archives and the challenge of sustainability

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 476-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Baker ◽  
Jez Collins
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Country Music ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Community Archives

This article identifies the challenges community archives of popular music face in achieving medium- to long-term sustainability. The artefacts and vernacular knowledge to be found in community archives, both physical and online, are at risk of being lost ‘to the tip’ and, consequently, to ‘cultural memory’, due to a lack of resources and technological change. The authors offer case studies of the British Archive of Country Music, a physical archive, and an online Facebook group Upstairs at the Mermaid, to exemplify how and why such groups must strategize their practices in order to remain sustainable. By including both online and physical community archiving in the scope of this research, the authors find that despite key differences in practice, both archival communities face similar threats of closure. The article concludes with an overview of the general outlook for community archives, and possible solutions to this ongoing issue of sustainable practices and processes for this sector.

‘They wanted a bigger, more ambitious film’: Film Finances and the American ‘Runaways’ That Ran Away

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-197
Author(s):  
Llewella Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Film Production ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Tom Jones ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Karel Reisz

From the early 1960s, the British film industry was increasingly reliant on American studio financed ‘runaway’ productions. Alexander Walker identifies United Artists and Universal Pictures as two of the major players in the trend he dubbed ‘Hollywood England’. This article offers a close examination of the role of two studios in the financing of British film production by making extensive use of the Film Finances Archive. It focuses on two case studies: Tom Jones (1963) and Isadora (1968), both of which had completion guarantees from Film Finances, and will argue that Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz, two of the key British New Wave directors, lost their previous ability to direct films to budget and within schedule when they had the financial resources of American studios behind them. It will analyse how, due to a combination of ‘artistic’ intent and Hollywood money, Richardson and Reisz separately created two of the most notorious ‘runaways’ that ran away during the 1960s.

Universal language, local accent: Music and song in the early talking film

2019 ◽  
pp. 111-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Brown
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Early American ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
Universal Language ◽  
World Power ◽  
German Producer ◽  
Musical Styles

With dialogue in early talkies complicating international product exchange, the film industry cherished the notion of music as a ‘universal language’. But this music required degrees of translation, both in the literal textual sense and in the matter of adapting ‘foreign’ customs, cultural and social, and musical styles. This chapter explores the issues principally through case studies of five key singing stars of early American and European sound films: Al Jolson, Maurice Chevalier, Carlos Gardel, Marlene Dietrich, and Richard Tauber. German producer Erich Pommer’s goal of combining universal appeal and nationalistic attractions, most evident in the multilingual Congress Dances, is also explored. After the mid-1930s, film music’s universal language significantly changed in response to technical developments, Hollywood’s solidified world power, and its development of a pervasive orchestral soundtrack style partly shaped by exiled European composers. European elements and local accents remained, but were now subsumed in a global American product.

14. Theory and Practice of Continental Warfare

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Biddle
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Actual Experience ◽  
European Theatre ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second World ◽  
Tight Integration

This chapter examines the theory and practice of continental warfare, with particular emphasis on the relationship between ideas on conventional land warfare and actual experience since 1900. It considers technological change, including mechanization, as the central challenge facing modern theorists as well as tactical and doctrinal responses that emerged very quickly in reaction to modern weapons' radical lethality. These responses emphasized cover, concealment, tight integration of suppressive fire and movement, depth, and reliance on withheld reserves at the cost of lighter forward deployments. These concepts subsequently formed the foundation for most modern systems of tactics and doctrine. The chapter explores the relationship between theory and practice in continental warfare by focusing on four case studies: the European theatre in the First and Second World Wars, the Arab–Israeli War of 1973, and the Gulf War of 1991.

scholarly journals Studi Kasus Politik Identitas Perempuan dalam Film Ada Apa dengan Cinta

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Arni Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Message Delivery ◽  
Film Analysis ◽  
Love Story ◽  
Teen Film ◽  
Film Market

Media audiovisual seperti film diyakini bisa menjadi alat penyampai pesan paling ampuh untuk masyarakat. Tidak heran banyak industri film semakin tumbuh subur untuk berlomba-lomba membuat film. Tema film yang hadirkan pun bermacam-macam, dan tema percintaan masih mendominasi dalam industri perfilman kita. Salah satu film yang turut meramaikan industri perfilman adalah film Ada Apa dengan Cinta (AADC) yang dirilis pada 7 Februari 2002. Film ini bisa dikatakan sebagai film pelopor dan paling laris pada masanya untuk kategori film pop-remaja atau percintaan platonis remaja. Film ini mengandung pesan penting bagi perempuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuka dan menganalisis pesan menyangkut politik identitas perempuan yang dibawakan dalam film AADC. Penulis mencoba mengamati setiap alur dan adegan dalam film. Film ini membawakan tentang perempuan yang dalam tekanan patriarki dan perempuan yang berjuang keluar dari tekanan tersebut. Hasil yang didapat dalam penelitian ini berupa hasil studi kasus atau analisis yang berhubungan dengan politik identitas dalam film.Kata Kunci: Politik identitas, perempuan, analisis film ABSTRACTAudio-visual media like film as the most powerful message delivery tool for public. No wonder many film industries are floushing to compete making movies. The theme of the film has been introduced with variuos kinds, and romance films still win our film industry. One of the titles the film present, which helped enliven the film industry is the film Ada Apa dengan Cinta (AADC). The film is a teenage love story by Rudi Soedjarwo success kicked off the Indonesia film market. The film background is about Rangga and Cinta with the spices of romance in adolescene, arguably the forerunner and most film best-selling in his time for the category of pop-teen film or teen platonic romance. Besides this film about important messages about and for women. This research tries to opened and analyzed messages about the identity politics of women presentedin the film. The authors tries to withdraw every plot and scene in the film.This film tells about womwn under patriarchal pressure and women who struggle to get out of that pressure. to get a guess and analyzing messages containing identity politics delivered. The result obtained in this research consist of case studies and anlyzes relating to identify politics film.Keywords: Identity politics, women, film analysis

Embracing the unknown by constructing an organizational cybersecurity strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This conceptual paper concentrates on ways in which organizations can strategically defend their intellectual capital-based value from malicious cyber attacks in the most efficient way. Managing knowledge to achieve this aim involves building a protection approach that's profoundly flexible so that it accommodates inevitable and unprecedented technological change, while also recognizing collaboratively that threats can enter a business from the connected systems of external partners. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Strategic Transformation in Japan’s SMEs, 1990–2008: Flexible Specialization, Industrial Restructuring, and Technological Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Robert Fitzgerald ◽  
Romano Dyerson ◽  
Tatsuya Mishimagi
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Flexible Specialization ◽  
Bubble Economy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Strategic Transformation

The bursting of the “bubble economy” in 1989–1990 brought decades of challenge for Japanese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), which had assumed the role of subcontractor within production networks dominated by large companies. This article explores the impact of a rapidly altered business environment, due to economic crisis, the decline of relational subcontracting, and technological change, on the management and organization of firms. It provides a needed historical account of Japanese SMEs striving to avoid “hollowing out,” and detailed case studies explain what gaining greater independence as a flexible specialist meant in practice. A focus on the immediate advantages of computerized tools could not bring about the intended strategic objectives, whereas the systemizing of new and existing resources in skills and equipment enabled sustainable competitive differentiation in production and products. The case studies map out the internal competence transformations of SMEs over time, and indicate the value of historical approaches to exploring strategic and organizational change.

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