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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to explore the location and processes of film making as interrelated issues and specifically to characterise this as an exemplar of a (creative) industry ecosystem. We note a dominant view of the film industry concerns what happens on the screen: the discussion of aesthetics, narrative and representation. A secondary concern is of the focus on the economics and business of the film industry. Such a division echoes the competing cultural and economic value systems that are common to analysis of creative economies. This chapter offers a novel analytical lens to bring these elements into a singular focus. The notion of an ecosystem is illustrated through a case study of film making in London in which we detail the process and its key elements of financing, development, principal photography, post-production, distribution and exhibition. Furthermore, we illustrate how they are further interrelated and embedded (in place, time, technology and regulation).

Publication Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Departments:	School of Communication & Creativity School of Communication & Creativity > Media, Culture & Creative Industries
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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