The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council

ISBN-13: 9780748698233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 192 str.

Gillian Doyle;Philip Schlesinger;Raymond Boyle

Opis

Drawing on interviews with leading film executives, politicians and industry stakeholders, including Alan Parker, Stewart Till and Tim Bevan, this book provides an empirically grounded analysis of the rise and unexpected fall of the UK Film Council, the key strategic body responsible for supporting film in the UK for over a decade. As well as offering a critical overview of the political, policy and technological contexts which framed the organisation's creation, existence and eventual demise, the book provides a probing analysis of the tensions between national and global interests in an increasingly transnational film industry, not least underlining how both US and EU interests and pressures have played themselves out. It therefore provides a timely and significant investigation into the contemporary policy environment for film in the 21st century.

Spis treści

Preface; Part I: Background; Chapter 1: Why does film policy matter?; Chapter 2: Film policy in the UK: 1920s-1979; Part II: Agenda for the UK Film Council; Chapter 3: The creation of the Film Council; Chapter 4: From ‘sustainability’ to ‘competitive industry’; Part III: Impact; Chapter 5 Flying too close to the sun?; Chapter 6: The Production Funds; Chapter 7: Digital – a missed opportunity?; Chapter 8: Performance against objectives; Part IV: Strategic Lessons; Chapter 9: The last days of the UK Film Council; Chapter 10: Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix 1: UKFC ‘family’ of partner organisations