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book		Cinema and the wealth of nations : media, capital, and the liberal world system / Lee Grievson Oakland, California: University of California Press, Call No: 203(73) GRI Author: Grievson, Lee Edition: 2018 Place: Oakland, California Publisher: University of California Press PhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustrated ; 24cm Subject: ECONOMICS AND THE CINEMA. US; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; CAPITALISM AND THE CINEMA; FINANCING. USA; INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION. USA Summary: Cinema and the Wealth of Nations explores how media, principally in the form of cinema, was used during the interwar years by elite institutions to establish and sustain forms of liberal political economy beneficial to their interests. It examines the media produced by institutions such as states, corporations, and investment banks, as well as the emergence of a corporate media industry and system supported by state policy and integral to the establishment of a new consumer system. Lee Grieveson shows how media was used to encode liberal political and economic power during the period that saw the United States eclipse Britain as the globally hegemonic nation and the related inauguration of new forms of liberal economic globalization. But this is not a distant history. Cinema and the Wealth of Nations examines a foundational conjuncture in the establishment of media forms and a media system instrumental in, and structural to, the emergence and expansion of a world system that has been—and continues to be—brutally violent, unequal, and destructive. -- publisher's web site ISBN: 9780520291690 Contents: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- -- 1. The Silver Screen and the Gold Standard -- 2. The Panama Caper -- 3. Empire of Liberty -- 4. Liberty Bonds -- 5. The State of Extension -- 6. The Work of Film in the Age of Fordist Mechanization -- 7. The Pan-American Road to Happiness and Friendship -- 8. Highways of Empire -- 9. League of Corporations -- 10. The Silver Chains of Mimesis -- 11. The Golden Harvest of the Silver Screen -- 12. Welfare Media -- 13. The World of Tomorrow—Today! -- -- Notes -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index More info
newspaper article		Ciobo push for Netflix to film TV in Australia in Australian Financial Review (31/01/2017) p.7 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Smith, Michael PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; LOCATION SHOOTING. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING; FINANCING. USA Summary: Report of meetings between Australian government and top end Hollywood studios regarding the possibility of US TV shows being made in Australia in the future More info
Interim book		A concise handbook of movie industry economics / Charles C. Moul (ed.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Call No: 203 CON Author: Charles C. Moul (ed.) Place: New York Publisher: Cambridge University Press PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 23 cm ; 214 p Subject: EXHIBITION; EXHIBITION. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; FINANCING. USA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; ADVERTISING. USA; USA; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COSTS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; INCOME; AWARDS. ACADEMY; STUDIO SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT CONTROL. USA; BOX OFFICE. USA Summary: This concise handbook collects essays on all aspects of the motion picture industry by leading authorities in political economy, economics, accounting, financing, and marketing. In addition to bringing the reader an up-to-date perspective on what is known and what has been accomplished, it includes both new findings on a variety of topics and directions for additional research. Topics include the estimation of theatrical and ancillary demand, profitability studies, resolution of evident paradoxes in studio executive behaviour, interaction of the industry and government, impacts of the most recent changes in accounting standards, and the role and importance of participation contracts. New results include findings on the true nature of the seasonality of theatrical demand, the predictive power of surveys based upon trailers, the impact of the Academy Awards, the effectiveness of prior history measures to gauge cast members and directors, and the substitutability of movies across different genres. [Taken from inner jacket sleeve]. ISBN: 0521843847 More info
subject clippings file		FINANCING. USA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: FINANCING. USA More info
book		International film financing / transcript of a seminar with Michael Flint Sydney: Australian Film and Television School, 1980. Call No: 162(94)INT FLI Author: Flint, Michael Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 53 pages ; 30 cm Series: Open program resources Subject: PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION DEALS; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING; FINANCING. USA; AUSTRALIA. 1970's; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE Summary: Seminar transcript where Michael Flint and Matthew Carroll, and John Fitzgerald give a broad view of the state of the film industry in the late 1970's in Australia and around the world in terms of financing films and deals to make films. Some films mentioned include The Last Wave, Sunday Too Far Away, Picnic at Hanging Rock Notes: Appendices - some film industry terms defined (7 pages) -- examples of box office division, territory breakdown, breakdown of film expenses and finances (14 pages More info
book		On the waterfront : BFI film classics / Leo Braudy London, UK: British Film Institute, London, 2005. Call No: 79ONT BRA Author: Braudy, Leo Edition: 1st ed Source: UK Place: London, UK Publisher: British Film Institute, London PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 88p ; 18.5 cm + b&w ill. Series: BFI Film Classics Subject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CLASS AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; PRODUCTION. USA; FINANCING. USA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABOUR; FINANCING; LABOUR ISSUES IN FILMS; HUMAN RELATIONS IN FILMS; RELIGION IN FILMS; KAZAN, ELIA; BRANDO, MARLON; SAINT, EVA MARIE; MILLER, ARTHUR; BERNSTEIN, LEONARD; SCHULBERG, BUDD; SPIEGEL, SAM; MALDEN, KARL; STEIGER, ROD; STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1951); GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947); TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1945); BABY DOLL (US, Elia Kazan, 1956) Summary: With director Elia Kazan’s death in 2003 and actor Marlon Brando’s in 2004, a reappraisal of this classic film is timely and necessary. In this definitive study, Leo Braudy tells the complicated story of the film’s production. He revisits the facts behind the controversy of Kazan’s infamous ‘naming of names’ during the McCarthy communist trials of the 1950s. But above all this is an analysis of the enduring appeal of On the Waterfront: the method inspired acting, the music and cinematography, the use of authentic locations and its powerfully symbolic depiction of post-war American values. [Taken from back cover]. Notes: includes film credits ISBN: 184457072X More info
newspaper article		Spiderman's cult bigger than Ben Hur in Courier-Mail (30/06/2004) p.29 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Tourtellotte, Bob Subject: FINANCING. USA; BLOCKBUSTERS; MERCHANDISING; MEMORABILIA; THEME PARKS AND THE CINEMA; SONY CORPORATION; SPIDER-MAN (US, Sam Raimi, 2002); SPIDER-MAN 2 (US, Sam Raimi, 2004) Summary: Investigation into the massive investment Sony Corporation have put into the Spider-Man franchise. Some mentions of DVD and VHS sales. Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). More info
Old collection book		Upton Sinclair presents William Fox / Upton Sinclair Los Angeles CA: Sinclair Upton, c1933. Call No: 81FOX SIN Author: Sinclair, Upton Source: US Place: Los Angeles CA Publisher: Sinclair Upton PubDate: c1933 PhysDes: xvii, 377 p. : front. (port.) ; 22 cm Subject: MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA; FINANCING. USA Language: English More info

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