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Brokerage and Production in the American and French Entertainment Industries : Invisible Hands in Cultural Markets.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739193143
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brokerage and Production in the American and French Entertainment IndustriesDDC classification:
  • 384/.83
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.U65 -- .B765 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- I: Agents, Agenting, Agencies -- 2 Twenty-Four Years of Agenting -- 3 Talent Agencies and the Market for Screenwriters -- 4 The Talent Agent's Role in Producing Artists' Symbolic and Commercial Value in France -- 5 The Market for Actresses -- 6 The Emergence of Hollywood Agents -- 7 "It's Not the Network, It's the Relationship" -- II: Behind the Scenes of Production -- 8 The Choice between a Good Job and a Good Life -- 9 The Importance of Being Ordinary -- 10 "This Is the Girl" -- 11 Film Offices as Brokers -- 12 Overlapping Temporalities in Project-Based Work -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Empirically grounded contributions show the crucial impact of such entertainment professionals on the making of artistic careers and cultural products.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- I: Agents, Agenting, Agencies -- 2 Twenty-Four Years of Agenting -- 3 Talent Agencies and the Market for Screenwriters -- 4 The Talent Agent's Role in Producing Artists' Symbolic and Commercial Value in France -- 5 The Market for Actresses -- 6 The Emergence of Hollywood Agents -- 7 "It's Not the Network, It's the Relationship" -- II: Behind the Scenes of Production -- 8 The Choice between a Good Job and a Good Life -- 9 The Importance of Being Ordinary -- 10 "This Is the Girl" -- 11 Film Offices as Brokers -- 12 Overlapping Temporalities in Project-Based Work -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Empirically grounded contributions show the crucial impact of such entertainment professionals on the making of artistic careers and cultural products.

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