The British Film Industry In 25 Careers

Author : Geoffrey Macnab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350140716
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Film Industry in 25 Careers written by Geoffrey Macnab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, props masters, publicists, special effects technicians, talent scouts, stars and, sometimes, even moguls. Some, such as Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam, are well-known names. Others, such as the screenwriter and editor Alma Reville, also known as Mrs Alfred Hitchcock; Constance Smith, the 'lost star' of British cinema, or the producer Betty Box and her director sister Muriel, are far less well known. What they all have in common, though, is that they found their own pathways into the British film business, overcoming barriers of nationality, race, class and gender to do so. Counterpointing the essays on historical figures are interviews with contemporaries including the director Amma Asante, the writer and filmmaker Julian Fellowes, artist and director Isaac Julien, novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, and media entrepreneur Efe Cakarel, founder of the online film platform MUBI, who've come into today's industry, adjusting to an era in which production and releasing models are changing – and in which films are distributed digitally as well as theatrically.

Author : Geoffrey Macnab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350140724
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Film Industry in 25 Careers written by Geoffrey Macnab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, props masters, publicists, special effects technicians, talent scouts, stars and, sometimes, even moguls. Some, such as Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam, are well-known names. Others, such as the screenwriter and editor Alma Reville, also known as Mrs Alfred Hitchcock; Constance Smith, the 'lost star' of British cinema, or the producer Betty Box and her director sister Muriel, are far less well known. What they all have in common, though, is that they found their own pathways into the British film business, overcoming barriers of nationality, race, class and gender to do so. Counterpointing the essays on historical figures are interviews with contemporaries including the director Amma Asante, the writer and filmmaker Julian Fellowes, artist and director Isaac Julien, novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, and media entrepreneur Efe Cakarel, founder of the online film platform MUBI, who've come into today's industry, adjusting to an era in which production and releasing models are changing – and in which films are distributed digitally as well as theatrically.

Author : Geoffrey Macnab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786734095
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stairways to Heaven written by Geoffrey Macnab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era? In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time low, cinema buildings were in a state of disrepair and home video had yet to flourish. Since then, while many business challenges - especially for independent producers and distributors - remain, the industry overall has developed beyond recognition. In recent years, as British films have won Oscars, Cannes Palms and Venice Golden Lions, releases such as Love Actually, Billy Elliot, Skyfall, Paddington and the Harry Potter series have found enormous commercial as well as critical success. The UK industry has encouraged, and benefitted from, a huge amount of inward investment, much of it from the Hollywood studios, but also from the National Lottery via the UK Film Council and BFI. This book portrays the visionaries and officials who were at the helm as a digital media revolution began to reshape the industry. Through vivid accounts based on first-hand interviews of what was happening behind the scenes, film commentator and critic Geoffrey Macnab provides in-depth analysis of how and why the British film industry has risen like a phoenix from the ashes.

Author : Geoffrey Macnab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857729519
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delivering Dreams written by Geoffrey Macnab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Distributors are the unsung heroes of cinema. Without them, the film industry would grind to a halt. Drawing on the archives of the Film Distributors' Association (FDA), as well as on interviews with leading British distributors of today, Delivering Dreams tells the, largely unacknowledged, story of how films were, and are, brought to British cinema-goers. It profiles some of the most flamboyant and controversial figures involved in UK distribution over the last 100 years, ranging from the founders of huge companies to visionaries who have launched small art house labels. Geoffrey MacNab also explores how the sector has reacted to a rapidly changing market and technological environment, from the transition to sound in the late 1920s to the spectre of TV in the 1950s and the move to digital in the 2000s. Ranging from the films of Charlie Chaplin to The King's Speech, and published to coincide with the centenary of the FDA's creation in December 1915, this book highlights the crucial role that distributors have played in maintaining the solid foundations of the British film industry.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. National Heritage Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Film Industry written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. National Heritage Committee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the disappearance of an integrated British film industry - where British studios made British films which were distributed by British distributors and shown in British-owned cinemas to British audiences - Britain still has the best film talents in the world, a fact assured by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and other leading Hollywood film makers. How can those talents be employed in a British film industry? Can those talents be employed in a British film industry? Need those talents be employed in a British film industry, when Hollywood gobbles so many of them up, nominates them for Oscars and awards them Oscars? Do we really need a British film industry anyhow? This report sets out to answer these questions.

Author : Galt, Frances
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529206308
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Activism Behind the Screens written by Galt, Frances and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances C. Galt explores the role of trade unions and women’s activism in the British film and television industries in this important contribution to debates around gender inequality. The book traces the influence of the union for technicians and other behind-the-camera workers and examines the relationship between gender and class in the labour movement. Drawing on previously unseen archival material and oral history interviews with activists, it casts new light on women’s experiences of union participation and feminism over nine decades. As concerns about the gender pay gap, women’s rights and harassment continue, it assesses historical progress and points the way to further change in film and TV.

Author : Bill Baillieu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Film Business written by Bill Baillieu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-05-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating read both for the general reader on film and also those with a serious interest in the subject of the film industry and film-making For the past 80 years the British film industry has struggled to compete with Hollywood. The early control of distribution by American companies in London and the lack of investment in domestic production gave Hollywood a commercial advantage that persists to this day. Successive British governments have introduced measures to protect the industry from overseas competition and stimulate British production, all with little long-term success. This book traces the history of the British film business from the days of the early pioneers, through its near collapse in the immediate post-war era to the current age of digitally enhanced blockbusters. The authors chart the successes and failures and show how Government intervention has often failed to assist the industry. They provide comment on recent developments and suggest how these could help British film making talent reach the wider audience that it frequently deserves. Bill Baillieu is a non-practising barrister with twenty years corporate finance and licensing experience in the development and funding of creative and growth businesses. His career began in the venture capital industry in the City of London, and he now specialises in the management, exploitation and valuation of intellectual property rights ranging from copyright portfolios to patented technology. John Goodchild is an experienced investment analyst and currently an associate with the London stockbrokers Walker Crips Weddle Beck plc. He has been fascinated by the British cinema since childhood when he first heard his aunt's recollections of life as a wardrobe assistant at Gainsborough Studios in the 1930s. He is also joint editor of Professional Investor where Bill Baillieu's articles on the industry were the starting point for The British Film Business

Author : Michael Winterbottom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839023406
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Matter written by Michael Winterbottom and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sight & Sound Book of the Year "Eye-opening and addictively readable." Total Film Who and what decides if a film gets funded? How do those who control the purse strings also determine a film's content and even its message? Writing as the director of award-winning feature films including Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People and The Road to Guantanamo as well as the hugely popular The Trip series, Michael Winterbottom provides an insider's view of the workings of international film funding and distribution, revealing how the studios that fund film production and control distribution networks also work against a sustainable independent film culture and limit innovation in filmmaking style and content. In addition to reflecting upon his own filmmaking career, featuring critical and commercial successes alongside a 'very long list' of films that didn't get made, Winterbottom also interviews leading contemporary filmmakers including Lynne Ramsay, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Asif Kapadia and Joanna Hogg about their filmmaking practice. The book closes with a vision of how the contemporary filmmaking landscape could be reformed for the better with fairer funding and payment practices allowing for a more innovative and sustainable 21st century industry.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780215012807
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Film Industry written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Culture, Media and Sport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Film Industry

Author : Fred Yager
Publisher : Checkmark Books
ISBN 13 : 9780816048632
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Career Opportunities in the Film Industry written by Fred Yager and published by Checkmark Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines occupations in the film industry, discussing requirements, education, salary, and prospects.