In reviewing the events of the advances of science and technology of the past two decades one is struck by the magnificence of man's accomplishments. The first moon walk televised live in 1969, the widespread utilization of color television receivers, the educational uses of sophisticated audio-visual equipment such as overhead projectors, slide projection, sound tape recorders, close-circuit television and videotape and the almost omniscient usage of television, is ample evidence to demonstrate that the tools necessary to accomplish a task are readily accessible items in this age. We are introduced to new gadgets, innovations, and events (like the moon walk) at such a rapid pace that we have become more flexible and more receptive to change; so much so that at times many of us are even blase about nearly miraculous accomplishments.

This thesis examines the role of the former national screen agency in Scotland, which was in charge of distributing public funds for screen activity between 1997 and 2010. It examines how external factors such as cultural policy and internal factors such as individual approaches to film funding, affected the agency's perception and remit. The study draws on the institutional logics perspective (Thornton et al., 2012) to frame the interplay of two competing imperatives, one commercial, one creative, affecting the creative industries in Scotland and Scottish Screen's activities more specifically. However, it goes beyond this duality by examining more nuanced factors which significantly affected the organisation's trajectory and remit. Taking into account the predominant logic(s) throughout Scottish Screen's history and focusing on organisational responses during moments of transition or conflict, I use the analytical framework developed by Boltanski and Thévenot in On Justification (2006) to examine criticisms, justifications, and attempts at compromising expressed through official and non-official channels. The thesis outlines how opinions and decisions stemming from disparate views of what is “worthy” affected the agency's activity and funding decisions, as well as the dialogue with its stakeholders. The conclusions extracted from my findings inform existing literature on responses to plurality and challenge some claims made by institutional logic scholars: the first conclusion is that lack of conflict between logics does not necessarily translate into lack organisational conflict, as the latter often derives from different orders of worth which override the commercial-creative logic divide and are incompatible amongst themselves. The second conclusion, related to the first one, is that stability may be enhanced (at least temporarily) in a professional environment dominated by a plurality of logics as long as there is compatibility amongst the orders of worth set forth in pursuit of organisational goals. A third conclusion is related to the examination of some contributions to the orders of worth perspective and the study of plurality and instability in organisational practices, notably Boltanski and Chiapello's (2007) depiction of a seventh world of worth called the ‘projective city' (underpinned by the higher value of activity aimed at creating or maintaining ever-changing networks), and David Stark's (2009) study of plurality and ambiguity management in organisations. My findings suggest that organisational models based on pervasive, horizontal networks capable of transgressing traditional hierarchical structures were never fully deployed in Scottish Screen - traces of these practices are identified, but, overall, actors defended more traditional organisational scripts.

Grandy's Country Cookin' Inc. is a chain of restaurants specializing in fried chicken dinners. standardized instructional films were needed to teach employees Grandy's operational procedures. The producer was commissioned to make five films to provide visual job descriptions for new employees and managers. These fast-paced films depict actual job situations: "Chicken Cutting," "Breakfast Preparation," "Customer Relations," "System of Operation," and "Drive-Thru Relations," "System of Operation," and "Drive-Thru Service." An accompanying production book describes the making of Grandy's Training. The book examines the background against which the project was proposed, details the problems and procedures of production, and describes the experience of dealing with a client at a professional level.

Stuntwork became a science when stuntman and technician Yakima Canutt left the rodeo to work in Hollywood westerns. Canutt perfected methods and designed mechanisms that made dangerous stunts safer and visually exciting. Many of Canutt's techniques are still used today by modern stuntmen like Hal Needham, Ronnie Rondell, and Paul Baxley. Directed by stuntman Hal Needham and starring "box office draw" Burt Reynolds, Hooper presented the stuntman as a rugged, fun-loving, almost suicidal superman. For the first time in film's short history, the stuntman and his craft became a topic of wide public interest. The stuntman had become "glamorous" almost rivaling his actor counterpart.

This dissertation focuses on film co-productions of the East German film studio DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) with East and West European partners. It revisits patterns of institutional and transnational collaboration during the Cold War in order to challenge the predominant cliché of the isolation of East European film industries. The project seeks to re-position East German cinema within evolving debates on European film, deriving its argument from archival research on production histories and contemporaneous press releases, as well as from correspondence and personal testimonials such as interviews with former East German and East European filmmakers. The discussion is structured around three categories that focus attention on the interplay between the East German studio’s co-production agenda and state-imposed film policy: cultural prestige, popular entertainment, and international solidarity. I devote a chapter to each category in my study, and show how co-productions, as collective enterprises at the intersection of national cinemas, allowed DEFA to compete for internationally renowned film stars and to re-appropriate Hollywood genres by forming multinational film collectives and sharing sets, talent, and production costs, while simultaneously negotiating complex economic, political, and market conditions in each host country. This project moves beyond previous approaches to East German film as European cinema’s ‘other.’ DEFA co-productions provide a privileged route into the examination of socialist film production as a state-controlled and ideologically compliant cultural domain, and, at the same time, as a venue for artistic collaborations that challenged the limitations of state censorship and sponsorship. Undoubtedly, East German and East European films were influenced by international developments and responded to them. Focusing on DEFA as a case study, I shed light on the negotiation of cultural policies not only within a discrete film studio, but also among the various institutions involved in filmmaking in Eastern Europe. / text

Orientador: Fernão Vitor Pessoa de Almeida Ramos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T20:03:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramos_Luciano_D.pdf: 19973950 bytes, checksum: 99e0ecf0f122e3ef9cf74f5702ced618 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Esta tese consiste num levantamento acerca da história da produção e da comercialização de filmes de entretenimento em São Paulo, tomada como vertente específica da história do cinema brasileiro e elegendo como protagonista, ou eixo central da narrativa a trajetória de Oswaldo Massaini e das empresas às quais ele esteve vinculado: a Cinédia e, principalmente, a Cinedistri. Foi ele o produtor de O Pagador de Promessas em 1962, o único filme brasileiro a ser agraciado, até hoje, com a Palma de Ouro do Festival de Cannes. O período abordado se inicia nos anos de 1930, com a origem da Cinédia onde Oswaldo Massaini ingressou, em 1943, e termina com a sucessão da Cinedistri pela Cinearte na década de 1980. Mas avança no tempo um pouco mais, porque Massaini deixou sucessores ainda em atividade. Focalizando em detalhe suas estruturas de produção, esta pesquisa procura conhecer melhor os meandros e a lógica dessa trajetória empresarial comprometida com a produção e a distribuição de filmes unicamente brasileiros, marcada por uma continuada estabilidade ao longo de quase meio século / Abstract: This thesis consists of a survey on the history of the production and marketing of filmed entertainment in Sao Paulo, taken as a specific aspect of the history of Brazilian cinema and electing as the protagonist, or central axis of the narrative the trajectory of Oswaldo Massaini and the firms to which he was bound: the Cinédia and especially the Cinedistri. He was the producer of "O Pagador de Promessas" in 1962, the only Brazilian film to be awarded, to this date, with the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The period covered begins in the 1930s, with the presence of Oswaldo Massaini at the Cinédia, which began in 1937 and ends with the succession of the Cinedistri to Cinearte in the 1980s. But advances in time a bit longer, because Massaini left successors still active. Focusing in detail their production structures, this research seeks to better understand the intricacies and logic that committed to the production and distribution business history of only Brazilian films, marked by a continued stability, during over nearly half a century / Doutorado / Multimeios / Doutor em Multimeios

To supplement student recruiting efforts, the Office of Admissions and Records, North Texas State University (rSU), funded a color sound promotional film, North Texas Now (NTi), describing academic and nonacademic services and activities of NTSU and its surrounding area. NT uses fast-paced montage and contemporary music, and for contrast and historic perspective, it opens and closes with sepia photographs depicting the early days of NTSU. An accompanying production book describes the making of NTN, examines the background against which NT2 was proposed, describes problems and procedures of production, analyzes the film, and offers recommendations for other university film productions,

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Esta investigación analiza el panorama de largometrajes animados digitalmente en la ciudad de Lima, Perú, durante los años 2004-2016. Se aborda el proceso de realización de las películas, sus dificultades y características primordiales, a través del estudio de tres productoras: Origami Studio, Red Animation y Aronnax. El presente texto ofrece una perspectiva de la industria de la animación en Lima y desagrega tanto sus capacidades como sus posibilidades de desarrollo / The aim of this research is to analyze the feature film digital animation scene, in the city of Lima, Peru, between the years of 2005-2016. To achieve this, the realization process of the animated movies made in the present, along with its main characteristics and difficulties, is investigated through the study of three different production companies: Origami Studio, Red Animation and Aronnax. The text offers an outlook of the animated movie industry and it divides both their capabilities and their development possibilities. / Trabajo de investigación

Narrative point of view should be the initial place of focus in the study of prose fiction, but it is often difficult to understand or teach. This study proposes that stage or screen production of narrative fiction may be purposefully structured to enhance the understanding of narrative perspective. The study details grammatical analysis of narrative language and describes implications drawn from that language which influence production decisions. The thesis examines the techniques and technology of stage and screen production which may be manipulated to underscore narrative point of view, suggesting ways in which each medium can borrow from the techniques of the other for point of view production.