scholarly journals The Entrepreneurial Role of Organized Labour in the British Columbia Motion Picture Industry

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Industrial Governance

Research into an industrial sector reflecting principles of the emergent "network" model of production indicates that organized labour can play a positive role in post-Fordist Systems of industrial governance. Within the dynamic motion picture industry of British Columbia (B. C), organized labour was the key organizational factor in the birth and rapid expansion of the agglomeration ofsmall, specialized film production firms which has become a competitor for the coveted title of second largest film centre, after Los Angeles, in North America. In this process, B.C. film unions have become the dominant "actors " in forging collaborative relations between local production companies, between the sector and the state, and between the district and other film centers, so critical to the success of the network model.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Cohan
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Silent Era

The introduction provides the theoretical argument of the book. It explains why the backstudio picture is not a cycle but a genre in its own right, and how the genre depicts Hollywood as a geographic place in Los Angeles, as an industry, and as a symbol. It goes on to show how the backstudio picture has historically served to brand the motion picture industry as “Hollywood,” working in much the same way as consumer brands do today. Additionally, the introduction provides a historical overview of the genre, focusing on its four major cycles of production, from the silent era to the present day. Finally, it briefly describes the content of the seven chapters.

Hollywood at Last

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Eller
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Fritz Lang ◽  
Ray Bradbury ◽  
The 1950S

This chapter examines the new and largely unexpected opportunities that were beginning to open for Ray Bradbury in Hollywood during the 1950s. During the summer and fall of 1952, Bradbury was able to establish his first writing credits in the motion picture industry. The proximity of the studios and the proliferation of affiliated and independent theaters in greater Los Angeles created many opportunities for him. Bradbury was already beginning to forge some lasting connections in Hollywood, thanks in large part to his friendship with cinematographer James Wong Howe and his wife, Sanora Babb. Howe introduced Bradbury to some of the legendary directors he had worked with, including Fritz Lang. This chapter considers some of Bradbury's notable Hollywood projects, including the screen treatments for Universal Studios's It Came From Outer Space, which he complemented with a variation of the story “A Matter of Taste,” and an offer to write a film titled Face of the Deep for Twentieth-Century Fox.

A indústria cinematográfica brasileira: uma análise da dinâmica da produção e da concentração industrial

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Cavalcante Michel ◽  
Ana Paula Avellar
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
The State ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Industry Concentration ◽  
Industrial Concentration ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
Dynamic Pattern ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
New Phase

A indústria cinematográfica brasileira vem apresentando, desde meados dos anos 90, um acelerado dinamismo. Nesse período, as políticas de incentivo à produção cinematográfica tem ganhado força e o papel do Estado na promoção de fomentador da atividade cinematográfica se consolida. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar a situação atual da produção de cinema no Brasil, salientando o papel das políticas públicas e a concentração na produção de filmes. Pode-se observarque o êxito dessas políticas na retomada da produção é flagrante, entretanto, essa produção se apresenta de forma altamente concentrada, o que é demonstrado pormeio de índices de concentração. O trabalho conclui que essas políticas foram fundamentais para a retomada da indústria do cinema no Brasil e que, para o períodoanalisado, os índices apontam que a indústria apresentou, em alguns anos, queda no grau de concentração, porém, não suficiente para caracterizar um processo de desconcentração industrial.The brazilian motion picture industry: a dinamic of production and industrial concentration analysisAbstract: The Brazilian motion picture industry has presented a vigorous dynamic pattern since mid of 1990s. In this sense, policies to foster movie production havegain strength and the role of the State in promoting the movie making activity has consolidate. The goal of this work is to sketch a recent panoramic view of the motion picture production in Brazil emphasizing the role of public policies and the concentration in the movie production. One can observethat there is a clear success of such policies in starting a new phase of motion picture production, regardless of a strong degree of concentration in production, which is demonstrated by the concentration indexes. The lesson is that such policies have been crucial to therebirth of the Brazilian motion picture industry and that during the period of analysis the indexes have shown a decrease in the degree of concentration in a fewyears, but not sufficient to reverse the process of industrial concentration.Key-words: motion picture industry; concentration; public policies.JEL: L10; L69.

The City as Studio; The World as Back Lot: The Impact of Vertical Disintegration on the Location of the Motion Picture Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Christopherson ◽  
M Storper
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Vertical Disintegration ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Motion picture production is currently carried out by small firms under contract to an independent producer rather than in large integrated firms, the major studios. In this paper the emergence of this vertically disintegrated industry is traced and its impact on the location of the motion picture industry is analyzed. Vertical disintegration has led to a reagglomeration of motion picture employment and establishments in Los Angeles, despite the dispersal of film shooting throughout the world. The processes that are shaping the present-day organization of motion pictures can be observed across a range of industries. An examination of these processes in motion pictures suggests that their association with reagglomeration in urban centers could have an important impact on patterns of urbanization.

scholarly journals Egyptian film censorship

2012 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Dina Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Local Markets ◽  
Film Censorship ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Relationship

Films are a representation and manifestation of culture; yet, since the early days of filmmaking public debates have questioned whether “the motion picture industry was morally fit to control the content of its own products” (Robichaux). Today, the Arab world is plagued by the same dilemma. In a region where government censorship is the norm, heavy restrictions are imposed on locally produced films as a means of “safeguarding” public norms, religion and culture. Also problematic in today’s globalised world is the influx of foreign films into local markets, which not only defy public norms, but also represent cultural values and traditions that are quite alien to societies that have been inherently religious and conservative. Against this background, this article aims to analyse the role of censorship in Egypt with regard to the relationship between cinema and culture—a relationship often overlooked and perhaps intentionally ignored. In doing so, it will examine how censorship has traditionally been used as a tool to control the representation of existing social and cultural realities and to define cultural and religious norms, thus also affecting the normative context.

“Maintained Solely for Your Benefit”

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-72
Author(s):  
Luci Marzola
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Engineering Community ◽  
The Relationship

Chapter 2 centers on the specialized technology companies and service firms that formed around the motion picture producers in Los Angeles, creating an industrial “cluster” in the region. The movement of independent technology distributors, inventors, and laboratories to Southern California to cater exclusively to the needs of the motion picture producers was essential to the growth and stability of Hollywood. The relationship between the studio workers and companies such as Technicolor, Mole-Richardson, and Mitchell Cameras helped establish the community of Hollywood as the center of the motion picture industry, even as the studios themselves dispersed throughout Los Angeles. These companies, unlike their corporate brethren in the East, were eager to adapt their technical training to the creative needs of the studio, thus forming a unique engineering community around the production studios.

Engineering Hollywood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luci Marzola
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Closed System ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Select Group ◽  
Studio System

Engineering Hollywood tells the story of the formation of the Hollywood studio system not as the product of a genius producer, but as an industry that brought together creative practices and myriad cutting-edge technologies in ways that had never been seen before. Using extensive archival research, this book examines the role of technicians, engineers, and trade organizations in creating a stable technological infrastructure on which the studio system rested for decades. Here the studio system is seen as a technology-dependent business with connections to the larger American industrial world. By focusing on the role played by technology, we see a new map of the studio system beyond the backlots of Los Angeles and the front offices in New York. In this study, Hollywood includes the labs of industrial manufacturers, the sales routes of independent firms, the garages of tinkerers, and the clubhouses of technicians’ societies. Rather than focusing on the technical improvements in any particular motion picture tool, this book centers on the larger systems and infrastructures for dealing with technology in this creative industry. Engineering Hollywood argues that the American industry was stabilized and able to dominate the motion picture field for decades through collaboration over technologies of everyday use. Hollywood’s relationship to its essential technology was fundamentally one of interdependence and cooperation—with manufacturers, trade organizations, and the competing studios. Accordingly, Hollywood could be defined as an industry by participation in a closed system of cooperation that allowed a select group of producers and manufacturers to dominate the motion picture business for decades.

Finding Security on Skid Row: The Positive Role of Organizational and Social Ties in Service Hubs in the United States and Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 693 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-320
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Marr
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ontological Security ◽  
Skid Row ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Ethnographic Interview ◽  
Sense Of Security

Service hubs are neighborhoods where homelessness and efforts to address it cluster. Are these “skid rows” jails without bars, or are there ways that service hubs bolster residents’ feelings of security about their lives? To address these questions, I analyze ethnographic interview data from sixty residents of four hubs—Skid Row, Los Angeles; Overtown, Miami; Kamagasaki, Osaka; and San’ya, Tokyo. I find that in these service hubs, residents’ ontological security is supported by a combination of engagement with organizations, access to subsidized housing and income, and ties with family and friends. However, this sense of security can be undermined by negative experiences with police and crime, poor sanitation, welfare and aid bureaucracy, and redevelopment projects. I argue that these threats should be addressed to enhance the strengths of service hubs, which can provide important insights for efforts toward more even geographic distribution of housing and aid.

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