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The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-1970.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-1970./
作者:	Pike, Andrew Franklin.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1972,
面頁冊數:	298 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-05.
標題:	Short films. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28818759
ISBN:	9798494435323

The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-1970.
Pike, Andrew Franklin.

The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-1970. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1972 - 298 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-05.

Thesis (M.A.)--The Australian National University (Australia), 1972.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This thesis originated in a desire to define and assess the problems which have prevented the development of a stable film industry in Australia. Although a film industry has existed in Australia for most of this century, and dozens of profitable feature films have been produced in the 1920s and 1930s, the industry has failed since the Second World War to support the production of full-length narrative films; instead the post-war years have seen a dependence on sponsored short films (such as travelogues and advertisements), instructional films and news reports. Such activity is capable of employing hundreds of technicians and of earning healthy profits, but while the industry may prosper with such work it has almost invariably failed financially whenever it has branched off into feature production.narrative feature film, especially before the advent of television, was the medium of mass entertainment which most powerfully formed popular fantasies and catered to them. Hollywood was often referred to as 'the dream factory' and its provision of easily accessible and desirable 'escape' from daily routines made it a powerful vehicle for cultural conditioning. In Australia cinema screens have for decades been dominated by American and British feature films and huge profits are made annually from the exploitation of the Australian market by British and American companies. That Australian film-makers should be able to participate with confidence and security in the film trade in their own country one of the fundamental assumptions underlying this thesis.Certain answers are conventionally given to explain why Australian feature production has failed since the war:that Australia lacks technicians and artists of sufficient ability to make worthwhile films, that Australian theatres are dominated by British and American interests who have no sympathy for the local product, or that the local market is too small to support the heavy investrne,nt required for feature production. Attempts have been made in the past to overcome some of these problems. Producers like Reginald Goldsworthy in the late 1960s have attempted to ignore the difficulties of the local market and produced films directly for overseas markets; Others, like Chips Rafferty and Lee Robinso!"!, became involved in co-production ventures with other countries and exploited the novelty which outback Australian settings held for audiences both overseas and in urban Australia.Other film-makers have concentrated on agitation for government assistance, with varied results. Some government action has been specifically designed to benefit the producer: in 1935 the New South Wales Government attempted to compel theatres to show Australian films, but failed to enforce the legislation when the theatrical trade refused to co-operate. ln 1971 The Australian Council for the Arts established a Film and Television Development Corporation to encourage the industry with financial grants and loans.The work of the Corporation is still in its infancy, but the first feature to receive assistance, Stockade (1971), failed to impress either the public or the critics; such a failure for a private company would normally mean its disappearance, and while a government corporation may now have the finance to help companies to survive such adversities, it cannot do so consistently without becoming a charity organisation.

ISBN: 9798494435323Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Short films.

The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-1970.
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