The Money Behind the Screen
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-0076-0 (ISBN)
The Money Behind the Screen maps the changing landscape of film finance in Britain during a transformative period for the film industry. It is the first book to document the sources of finance for film-making, the relations between film producers and financiers, and the wider fiscal and economic landscape of the British film production industry. It covers a period characterised by recurrent crises for the British film industry which also saw profound and far-reaching changes in the provision of film finance, including the establishment of state support mechanisms for British producers (the National Film Finance Corporation and the Eady levy), the shift from producer-finance to distributor-finance, and the growth of American investment in the British production sector. The book explores three interrelated aspects of the history of film finance: the institutional and economic structure of the production sector of the industry; the sources of production finance, including private and public capital and British and foreign investment; and the role of government in providing support for film production. It is an essential reference work for anyone studying the British film industry.
James Chapman is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester. His previous books include Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (3rd edition 2024) and The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985 (2022).
Introduction
Part I: An Industry in Crisis: 1945-1950
1. A Short History of the British Film Industry
2. Bogart or Bacon
3. Capital and Commerce
4. Producers and Profits
5. The National Film Finance Corporation
6. The Eady Levy
Part II: A Fragile Stability: 1951-1969
7. The Road to Recovery
8. The British Lion Film Corporation
9. Film Finances and the British Film Industry
10. Rise of the Runaways
11. New Waves, New Crises
12. Hollywood, UK
13. Backing British
14. Decline and Fall
Part III: Crises and Contraction: 1970-1985
15. Restructuring the Film Industry
16. The Changing Landscape of Film Finance
17. The National Film Finance Consortium
18. The Prime Minister’s Working Party and its Aftermath
19. Revising Eady
20. The British Are Coming!
21. The Retreat of the State
Conclusion
Appendix I: Production Costs and Revenues of Selected Feature Films in Late 1940s
Appendix II: National Film Trustee Company: Production costs and receipts
Appendix III: Budgets and Costs of Selected British First Features Guaranteed by Film Finances
Appendix IV: National Film Finance Corporation: Accounts, 1950-1985
Appendix V: Feature films supported by the National Film Finance Corporation, 1949-1985
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.06.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-0076-7 / 1399500767 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-0076-0 / 9781399500760 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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