CROWDFUNDING AND INDEPENDENCE IN FILM AND MUSIC.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brzozowska, Blanka, author.

Galuszka, Patryk, author.

Series:

Routledge Focus on Media and Cultural Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowd funding.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Music--Economic aspects.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Bloomsbury UK : London, 2025.

Place of Publication:

Routledge : Milton Park, Abingdon , 2021.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book explores how independent film and music artists and labels use crowdfunding and where this use places crowdfunding in the contemporary system of cultural production. It complements an analysis of independence in film and music with the topic of crowdfunding as a firmly established form of financing cultural activity. In the second half of the 20th century, the concept of artistic independence was vital to classifying and distinguishing artists, their works, and labels or publishers who released them. However, during the last three decades, this term has become increasingly blurred, and some commentators argue that independence is in crisis. Can crowdfunding be the answer to this crisis? Some believe that it is, whereas others argue otherwise, seeing crowdfunding instead as just the next manifestation of this crisis. This dilemma is a starting point for the analyses of the relationships between crowdfunding and artistic independence conducted in this book, and will be of great interest to people looking for a deeper understanding of crowdfunding, how it can influence artistic independence, and what it means for artists and audiences. It will be a stimulating read for scholars and students with an interest in media and cultural studies, digital humanities, fandom, sociology, economics, business studies, and law, while also offering insights to artists and practitioners in the creative industries.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Note on Authors

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Crowdfunding as a new form of financing creative activity

Crowdfunding in a nutshell

Typology of crowdfunding and the entities participating in it

Platforms

Project initiators

Contributors

What factors contribute to project success?

Crowdfunding and barriers to entry to cultural markets

Note

3. Crowdfunding independent cinema

On independent cinema

Problems with the definition of independence

Position in history

The myth of an independent filmmaker and Auteur style

Topics in independent cinema

Distribution and promotion

Conclusion

Crowdfunded independent cinema

Introduction

Zach Braff

Troma

Sekielski brothers

Notes

4. Crowdfunding and independence in music

Theorizing independence in music

Understanding independence in music: Economic criteria

Why is independence highly valued?

Why independence, and what kind is needed today?

Crowdfunded independent labels

MegaTotal

SellaBand, MyMajorCompany, ArtistShare

Crowdfunded independent musicians

The problem of accountability

Independence as rhetorical argument

5. Conclusions

References

Index.

ISBN:

1-00-315078-0

1-000-41577-5

1-003-15078-0

1-000-41581-3

9781003150787

OCLC:

1250075318