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Indlæser... The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood (udgave 2006)af Edward Jay Epstein
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The Big Picture: The New Logic of Money and Power in Hollywood by Edward Epstein (2005) is a collection of intriguing narratives addressing the American film industry's motivation for money, power, and prestige. Beginning with the studio system spanning the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Epstein discusses how the single activity of selling tickets at the box office was the primary source of revenue for the movie industry. In addition, the author describes how a film is actually made — from the initial pitching session to the last phase of non-linear digital editing. He also explains how today's motion picture industry has changed to be dominated by six major corporations — Sony, Time Warner, NBC Universal, Viacom, Disney, and News Corporation. He describes how these huge media conglomerates control motion picture entertainment and treat films as part of a larger, synergistic moneymaking industry. In today's industry, Epstein makes the point that the profits from major films are not totally from box office ticket sales, but rather from a variety of other enterprises such as video-game offshoots, fast-food marketing advertising, musical soundtracks, theme park rides as well as merchandising and licensing arrangements (e.g., clothing, home video/DVD sales, cable/pay-TV markets, etc.). In The Big Picture, the author also traces the socio-political influence of movies and how they intentionally shape political responsiveness both in America and abroad. A History of Hollywood and a rough breakdown of how things work. Considering how long the book is, it's surprising how little detail you can get into in that amount of space. Epstein does a fantastic job with the amount of text he uses, but it's clear that if you're planning on actually getting into 'the biz' you will need to do quite a bit more research. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
During the heyday of the studio system spanning the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, virtually all the American motion picture industry’s money, power, and prestige came from a single activity: selling tickets at the box office. Today, the movie business is just a small, highly visible outpost in a media universe controlled by six corporations–Sony, Time Warner, NBC Universal, Viacom, Disney, and NewsCorporation. These conglomerates view films as part of an immense, synergistic, vertically integrated money-making industry. InThe Big Picture, acclaimed writer Edward Jay Epstein gives an unprecedented, sweeping, and thoroughly entertaining account of the real magic behind moviemaking: how the studios make their money. Epstein shows how, in Hollywood, the only art that matters is the art of the deal: major films turn huge profits, not from the movies themselves but through myriad other enterprises, such as video-game spin-offs, fast-food tie-ins, soundtracks, and even theme-park rides. The studios may compete with one another for stars, publicity, box-office receipts, and Oscars; their corporate parents, however, make fortunes from cooperation (and collusion) with one another in less glamorous markets, such as cable, home video, and pay-TV. But money is only part of the Hollywood story; the social and political milieus–power, prestige, and status–tell the rest. Alongside remarkable financial revelations, The Big Picture is filled with eye-opening true Hollywood insider stories. We learn how the promise of free cowboy boots for a producer delayed a major movie’s shooting schedu≤ why stars never perform their own stunts, despite what the supermarket tabloids claim; how movies intentionally shape political sensibilities, both in America and abroad; and why fifteen-year-olds dictate the kind of low-grade fare that has flooded screens across the country. Epstein also offers incisive profiles of the pioneers, including Louis B. Mayer, who helped build Hollywood, and introduces us to the visionaries–Walt Disney, Akio Morita, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Ross, Sumner Redstone, David Sarnoff–power brokers who, by dint of innovation and deception, created and control the media that mold our lives. If you are interested in Hollywood today and the complex and fascinating way it has evolved in order to survive, you haven’t seen the big picture until you’ve readThe Big Picture. From the Hardcover edition. No library descriptions found. |
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I liked his description of entertainment conglomerates as brokers of intellectual property. That concept is very apt and well explained. ( )