Film Distribution in the Digital Age

Film Distribution in the Digital Age critically examines the evolution of the landscape of film distribution in recent years. In doing so, it argues that the interlocking ecosystem(s) of media dissemination must be considered holistically and culturally if we are to truly understand the transnational flows of cultural texts.

Autorentext
Virginia Crisp is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Coventry University, UK and co-editor (with Dr Gabriel Menotti Gonring) of Besides the Screen: Moving Images through Distribution, Promotion and Curation (2015). She is also the principal investigator on the AHRC funded International Network Grant, 'Besides the Screen'.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Formal Film Distribution 2. 'Independent' Distributors 3. Disruptive Innovators 4. Informal Distribution: Discs and Downloads 5. A Brief History of Film 'Filesharing': From Napster to Mega 6. Informal Distribution Networks: Fan 'Filesharing' & Imagined Communities 7. Intersections: Pirates Meet Professionals Conclusion: Ecologies of Distribution and Shifting Gatekeepers