Budgets and Markets: A Study of the Budgeting of European Films / Edition 1

by Terry Ilott

Overview

Budgets and Markets highlights the decisions involved in budgeting and marketing European films. It looks at the origin, development, production, distribution, financing and profit of thirteen European films, including such critical and popular successes as Tacones Lejones (High Heels) by Pedro Almodovar; Oci Ciornie (Dark Eyes) by Nikita Mikhalkov; Peter's Friends by Keneth Branagh and La Discrete by Christian Vincent. Detailed financial data is reinforced by interviews with the producers of each film. The core of the analysis is based on the question 'Was this film made at the right price for the right market?'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415136624
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/08/1996
Series:	Blueprint Ser.
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Terry Ilott, Sir David Puttnam

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Budgets and Markets in Europe; Chapter 2 Matching investment with revenues; Chapter 3 Markets; Chapter 4 Audiences; Chapter 5 Output; Chapter 6 Television; Chapter 7 Subsidies; Chapter 8 The big decisions; Part 2 Case Studies of European Films; Chapter 9 Tacones Lejanos; Chapter 10 L.627; Chapter 11 La Discrète; Chapter 12 Knight Moves; Chapter 13 Meeting Venus; Chapter 14 Enchanted April; Chapter 15 Il Ladro di Bambini; Chapter 16 Werner Beinhart; Chapter 17 Europa; Chapter 18 Den Goda Viljan; Chapter 19 Peter’s Friends; Chapter 20 Oci Ciornie; Chapter 21 Mery Per Sempre; Part 3 Conclusions; Chapter 22 Lessons for producers;

Editorial Reviews

Looks at the development, production, distribution, financing, and revenues of 13 European films of the 1990s, highlighting decisions involved in budgeting and marketing. Section I overviews issues such as television, subsidies, and matching investment with revenues. Section II presents chapters on individual films offering detailed financial data, interviews with producers, excerpts from reviews, and commentary aimed at analyzing whether the film was made at the right price for the right market. For those in film and business. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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