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Contracting Out Hollywood
. Ed(S): Elmer, Greg; Gasher, Mike
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Hardback. Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of runaway productionsthe growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Editor(s): Elmer, Greg; Gasher, Mike. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JP; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
In Hollywood's search for cheap, distinctive, and authentic locations, producers and directors are taking their business to foreign soil. Only one of the five 2002 Best Picture nominees was shot in the United States_The Hours, filmed in Hollywood, Florida. Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of 'runaway productions'_the growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher have gathered a group of contributors who seek to explain the phenomenon from historical, political, economic, and cultural perspectives, using case studies, challenges to contemporary screen, media, and globalization theories, and analyses of changing ... Read more
In Hollywood's search for cheap, distinctive, and authentic locations, producers and directors are taking their business to foreign soil. Only one of the five 2002 Best Picture nominees was shot in the United States_The Hours, filmed in Hollywood, Florida. Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of 'runaway productions'_the growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher have gathered a group of contributors who seek to explain the phenomenon from historical, political, economic, and cultural perspectives, using case studies, challenges to contemporary screen, media, and globalization theories, and analyses of changing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742536944
SKU
V9780742536944
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About . Ed(S): Elmer, Greg; Gasher, Mike
Greg Elmer is the Bell Globemedia Research Chair of the Rogers Communications Centre/School of Radio-TV Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto. Mike Gasher is associate professor in the Department of Journalism at Concordia University, Montreal.
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