Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry

Paul McDonald is Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Video and DVD Industries and The Star System: Hollywood’s Production of Popular Identities and co-editor for the International Screen Industries series from the British Film Institute.Janet Wasko is the Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon. She is the author of How Hollywood Works, Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy, and Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen. She also edited A Companion to Television and Dazzled by Disney? The Global Disney Audience Project.

“Covers all levels of motion pictures from a business perspective … .This book examines the industry in contemporary marketing terms, and each essay clearly explains another aspect of American film as a business. THE CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY is a truly indispensable book, and a pioneering effort in understanding cinema’s business aspects. It’s thorough study of the financial side of motion pictures, complete with full lists of sources after each insightful essay, is fascinating, enlightening, and instructive.” (RogueCinema.com, December 2008)

• List of Figures viiiList of Tables xiiAcknowledgments xiiiNotes on Contributors xivIntroduction: The New Contours of the Hollywood Film Industry 1Paul McDonald and Janet WaskoPart I The Structure Of The Industry 111 The Studio System and Conglomerate Hollywood 13Tom Schatz2 Financing and Production: Creating the Hollywood Film Commodity 43Janet Wasko3 Distribution and Marketing in Contemporary Hollywood 63Philip Drake4 Theatrical Exhibition: Accelerated Cinema 83Charles Acland5 Ancillary Markets – Television: From Challenge to Safe Haven 106Eileen R. Meehan6 Ancillary Markets – Video and DVD: Hollywood Retools 120Frederick Wasser7 Ancillary Markets – Video Games: Promises and Challenges of an Emerging Industry 132Randy Nichols8 Ancillary Markets – Recorded Music: Charting the Rise and Fall of the Soundtrack Album 143Jeff SmithPart II Industry Dynamics 1539 Labor: The Effects of Media Concentration on the Film and Television Workforce 155Susan Christopherson10 The Star System: The Production of Hollywood Stardom in the Post-Studio Era 167Paul McDonald11 Hollywood and the State: The American Film Industry Cartel in the Age of Globalization 182Manjunath Pendakur12 Hollywood and Intellectual Property 195Ronald V. BettigPart III International Territories 20713 Hollywood and the World: Export or Die 209John Trumpbour14 Britain: Hollywood, UK 220Paul McDonald15 France: A Story of Love and Hate – French and American Cinema in the French Audiovisual Markets 232Joel Augros16 Germany: Hollywood and the Germans – A Very Special Relationship 240Peter Krämer17 Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Market 251Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman18 Latin America: How Mexico and Argentina Cope and Cooperate with the Behemoth of the North 264Tamara L. Falicov19 East Asia: For Better or Worse 277John A. Lent20 India: Hollywood’s Domination, Extinction, and Re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park) 285Nitin Govil21 Australia and New Zealand: Expats in Hollywood and Hollywood South 295David NewmanIndex 307