Gatekeeping in the Evolving Business of Independent Film Distribution

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Smits, Roderik (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business
• Θέματα: Motion pictures.; Mass media-Political aspects.; Cultural policy.; Film/TV Industry.; Media Policy.; Cultural Policy and Politics.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XIII, 276 p. 8 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030168964
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16896-4

This book is about the business of distribution, around which the international film business revolves. Considering sales agents and distributors as primary gatekeepers, the book examines the networks in which they operate, how they operate, how their practices have evolved, and the power and control they exert over the business of independent film distribution. Critically, it also considers how they are affected by the powerful influence of Netflix and Amazon in the online era. At a time of disruption and change to traditional business models and industry professions, Roderik Smits argues that gatekeepers remain equally - if not more - crucial to the distribution and circulation of films in international markets. .