Brokerage and production in the American and French entertainment industries : invisible hands in cultural markets / edited by Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roussel, Violaine, editor.

Bielby, Denise D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

History.

Theatrical agencies.

Theatrical agents.

Television broadcasting.

United States.

Theatrical agents--United States--History--20th century.

Theatrical agencies--United States--History--20th century.

Television broadcasting--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry--France--History--20th century.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Theatrical agents--France--History--20th century.

Theatrical agencies--France--History--20th century.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--France--History--20th century.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 212 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

Brokerage and Production in the American and French Entertainment Industries: Invisible Hands in Cultural Markets shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Agents and other talent brokers, studio executives, independent producers, casting directors, and film offices-all operate and interact behind the scenes in ways that are essential to the making of artistic careers and cultural products. But even as these professionals play a crucial role in the entertainment industry, their activity is usually invisible and relatively unknown. This collection of empirically grounded contributions by established and up-and-coming American and French scholars reveals their day-to-day reality. It presents how entertainment industry professionals work and what they experience, demonstrates the ways in which they build relationships with artists and other counterparts, and examines the role they play in shaping the content of film and television projects. Taken together, the chapters put the brokerage of talent and content in comparative perspective. They also challenge taken-for-granted approaches to the study of cultural industries and explore the complex intertwining between commercial and artistic logics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: cultural brokerage in the American and French film and television industries / Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby

Agents, agenting, agencies. Twenty-four years of agenting / Harry J. Ufland

Talent agencies and the market for screenwriters: from the origins of packaging to today's transformations / Denise Bielby

The talent agent's role in producing artists' symbolic and commercial value in France / Delphine Naudier

The market for actresses: gender, reputation, and intermediation in French pornography / Mathieu Trachman

The emergence of Hollywood talent agents / Violaine Roussel

Behind the scenes of production. The choice between a good job and a good life / Bill Mechanic

The importance of being ordinary: brokering talent in the new-tv era / Laura Grindstaff and Vicki Mayer

"This is the girl": the social division of recruitment in the French film industry / Vincent Cardon

Film offices as brokers: cultivating and connecting local talent to Hollywood / Candace Jones and Pacey Foster

Overlapping temporalities in project-based work: the case of independent producers in the French movie industry / Laure de Verdalle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739193136

0739193139

OCLC:

898165431