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Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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INACTIVE - To give students a broad insight into how Irish audiovisual (cinema and television) production is funded and to place the domestic funding arena into an international context. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1. Students will be able to explain how theatrical revenues from Hollywood productions are distributed between cinemas, distribution companies and production companies. 2. Students will be able to analyse how the total revenue earned by an individual film is derived in varying proportions from theatrical release, home entertainment release and television sales. This will also enable students to explain why the "look" of cinema films is often optimized for consumption on the small-screen. 3. Students will be able to explain why European film and television producers tend to concentrate on the production of small numbers of projects relative to their US counterparts by pointing to the "jigsaw puzzle" nature of film finance in Europe. 4. Students will be able to identify the impact of different sources of funding – from soft (non-repayable) loans to equity investments – on the content of specific film and television productions. 5. Students will be able to explain in detail the workings of local film funding mechanisms such as Section 481 of the Finance Act and of the Irish Film Board. They will also be able to discriminate between those mechanisms aimed at primarily commercial projects and those aimed mainly at "arthouse" production. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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The American Market - how Hollywood is financed. An outline of how the US majors fund their films, and of how they recoup their production expenditures with a view to reducing the net profitability of individual films.. Product Placement.. How the practice of placing commodities on display emerged with a particular focus on the period since 1980. What are the narrative implications of the turn to the source of finance?. The European audiovisual market.. An outline of how European films (including Irish films) are funded with a stress on state assistance and the notion of "jigsaw" puzzle financing.. EU Media Programme/Eurimages. An outline of the financial aid available for the development, distribution and production of European product from the European Union and the Council of Europe.. International Co-productions.. A discussion of the key role now played in European film production by co-productions, stressing the significance of the European Convention on Co-productions.. Section 35/481. A detailed examination of the workings of the main Irish screen-production related tax incentive from the perspective of the producer, the investor and the Revenue Commissioners.. Irish Film Board.. A brief history of the first and second incarnations of the board, together with an analysis of the aims and objectives of the various schemes operated by the contemporary Board.. The Irish Television Market: RTE and the IPU; TG4; TV3; Channel 4 and BBC NI.. Tracing the opportunities for funding independent television production in Ireland using the financial resources of the main broadcasters operating in the ROI and Northern Ireland. Lecture also considers the significance of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's Sound Broadcasting Fund.. Film distribution in Ireland. Examination of how film distribution is organised in Ireland (acknowledging the dominance of US distributors) together with an examination of the obstacles faced by Irish productions in achieving cinematic releases inside Ireland and beyond.. Cinema Exhibition in Ireland. Tracing the history of cinema exhibition in Ireland since the 1890s. Identification of key trends - notably concentration of ownership, closure of small rural cinemas and the rise of the multiplex - in the Irish cinema business since the 1940s.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 573, website, 0, www.iftn.ie, 574, website, 0, www.medialive.ie, 575, website, 0, www.filmboard.ie, 576, website, 0, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, www.bci.ie, 577, website, 0, European Audiovisual Observatory, http://www.obs.coe.int/, 578, website, 0, Motion Picture Association of America, http://www.mpaa.org/, 579, website, 0, www.rte.ie, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MTV | MA in Film and Television Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timetable this semester: Timetable for CM529A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Last Revision | 08-OCT-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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