BOOKS
The International Film Business
A market guide beyond hollywood
Examining the independent film sector as a business on an international scale, author Angus Finney addresses the specific skills and knowledge required to successfully navigate the international film business.
​
-
Contains post Covid-19 industry information.
-
Features up-to-date case studies including Squid Game and Parasite
Finney describes and analyses the present structure of the film industry as a business, with a specific focus on the film (and entertainment) value chain and takes readers through the status of current digital technology, offering ways in which this is changing the structure and opportunities offered by the industry in the future.
The textbook provides information and advice on the different business and management skills and strategies that students and emerging practitioners will need to effectively engage with the industry in an international context.
Case studies of films and TV including Squid Game (2021), Parasite (2019), Game of Thrones (2011-2019) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), are supplemented by company case studies on Redbus, Renaissance, Pixar, with additional new chapters focusing on Netflix, TikTok and the Metaverse.
​
This third edition of The International Film Business includes up-to-date information on the status of the international film industry during and post Covid-19; expanded content looking at the TV industry and streaming services; new case studies and dedicated sections on the Streaming Wars and the Chinese Film Industry; and a new chapter looking at the changes in digital production in the context of the global and territorial film and TV industry.
Written for students of Film Business and emerging practitioners, this book will take readers through the successes and failures of a variety of real film companies and projects and features exclusive interviews with leading practitioners in all sectors of the industry, from production to exhibition.
Developing Feature Films In Europe
A practical Guide
The European film industry has by now lost most of its audience to American films; US productions take around eighty per cent of Europe's box-office revenues.
There are many reasons for this imbalance, but one major difference between the European and the US film industries is easily identified: the Americans spend far more on development.
Developing Feature Films in Europe is the first comprehensive study of this critical stage of the film-making process. Based on extensive research and interviews with more than seventy industry practitioners, it examines current funding practices, presents training initiatives for writers and producers, and highlights the potential for further improvements.
Angus Finney has also compiled an invaluable directory of contacts, addresses and application procedures for public and private funding bodies throughout Europe.
The State of European Cinema
A new Dose of Reality
A critical review of the current state of European cinema, based on two years of research and interviews with more than 100 film professionals.
​
The book includes: ten case studies of European films such as "Trainspotting" and "Breaking the Waves."
It also includes an analysis of Europe's public subsidy funds, co-production trends and cinema distribution systems; a case study on the state of British cinema; information on screenplay development and training; and information on Europe's top entertainment corporations, including a case study on Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
The Egos Have Landed
The rise and fall of palace pictures
This work provides an insight into the rise and fall of Palace Pictures, one of the movie phenomena of the last decade. It is the story of two mavericks, Steve Woolley and Nick Powell, who through a combination of brash marketing tactics and inspired risk-taking, fought to produce and distribute films during a period when the world had written off the British film industry as dead and buried.
Containing stories about Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Bob Hoskins, David Bowie, Miranda Richardson, John Hurt, Neil Jordan, Richard Branson and many other celebrities, it gives the inside story on the company whose films include "Absolute Beginners", "The Company of Wolves", "Mona Lisa", "Scandal" and "The Crying Game".