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Abstract
This edited collection focuses on the production cultures of successful small and medium-sized (SME) film and television companies in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK, based on a three-year research project, ‘Success in the Film and Television Industries’ (SiFTI) funded by the Norwegian Research Council. It explores case studies of multiple businesses that have thrived over a period of at least five years and have made several successful productions: both in terms of popularity and critical acclaim. Chapters investigate their histories and evolution, contextualising these companies and the people who work for them within macro-economic and cultural conditions. This anthology goes further – to compare and contrast these companies cross-nationally, in order to seek common elements that may explain how they have been able to survive and thrive.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | vii | ||
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 2: The Film and Television Industries in Norway | 21 | ||
| Chapter 3: Leadership Practices in the Norwegian Film Industry | 45 | ||
| Chapter 4: Co-Produced Television Drama and the Cost of Transnational ‘Success’: The Making of Lilyhammer | 67 | ||
| Chapter 5: Different Places, Different Stories? The Importance of Place in Regional Film and Television Production | 89 | ||
| Chapter 6: An Introduction to the Danish Film and Television Industries – A Small Country Successfully Producing Drama | 107 | ||
| Chapter 7: Zentropa: A Successful Danish Film Company – ‘A State of “Emergency” Is a Good Position to Be in’ | 131 | ||
| Chapter 8: The Means and Meanings of Being Independent: Competing Truths in the Television Company STV | 153 | ||
| Chapter 9: Embracing the International Market: The Dutch Film and Television Production Landscape in Transition | 175 | ||
| Chapter 10: Innovation in the Independent Dutch Film Production Companies Column Film and Rinkel Film | 197 | ||
| Chapter 11: The Professional Is Personal: A Comparison Between the Dutch Television Production Companies JVtv and BlazHoffski | 219 | ||
| Chapter 12: The Finance and Production of Independent Film and Television in the United Kingdom: A Critical Introduction | 247 | ||
| Chapter 13: Staying Alive as an Indie: How Three UK Companies Build and Sustain Their Businesses | 271 | ||
| Chapter 14: ‘It’s Our Property and Our Passion’: Managing Creativity in a Successful Company – Aardman Animations | 295 | ||
| Chapter 15: Conclusion | 321 | ||
| Notes on Contributors | 335 | ||
| Index | 339 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |