Production culture : industrial reflexivity and critical practice in film and television / John Thornton Caldwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldwell, John Thornton, 1954-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Console-ing passions.

Console-ing passions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Television--Production and direction.

Television.

Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--Employees.

Motion picture industry.

Television--California--Los Angeles--Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An investigation of the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angeles based film and video production workers.

Contents:

Introduction: Industrial Reflexivity and Common Sense

Chapter 1. Trade Stories and Career Capital

Chapter 2. Trade Rituals and Turf Marking

Chapter 3. Trade Images and Imagined Communities (Below the Line)

Chapter 4. Trade Machines and Manufactured Identities (Below the Line)

Chapter 5. Industrial Auteur Theory (Above the Line / Creative)

Chapter 6. Industrial Identity Theory (Above the Line / Business)

Chapter 7. Industrial Reflexivity as Viral Marketing

Conclusion. Shoot-Outs, Bake-Offs, and Speed Dating (Manic Disclosure/Non-Disclosure)

Appendix 1. Method: Artifacts and Cultural Practices in Production Studies

Appendix 2. A Taxonomy of DVD Bonus Track Strategies and Functions

Appendix 3. Practitioner Avowal/Disavowal (Industrial Doublespeak)

Appendix 4. Corporate Reflexivity vs. Worker Reflexivity (The Two Warring Flipsides of Industrial Self-Disclosure)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613022738

9781283022736

1283022737

9780822388968

0822388960

OCLC:

652412192