Australian Film Industry

During 1945 to the present there has been many changes in Australian pop culture, these areas of pop culture include Film, television, radio, music, fashion, sport and communication. Popular Culture refers to the beliefs, attitudes and lifestyles shared by a group of people.

This essay explores the popularity of Australian film, both locally and internationally and asks the question: Is there a crisis in the Australian Film Industry? This essay will go through the current issues the Australian Film Industry and will demonstrate examples of those problems.

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The Canadian entertainment industry that is served by Cineplex has been recording sustained growth since 2011 where a growth of 5 percent was recorded. PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2014-2018 (PWC, 2014) indicate that the industry is set for a take-off. The industry has a

Home-grown cultural products such as films and music are an important way for people of a country to explore and share their common culture and heritage. Australian characters, themes and issues, however, are often overshadowed by representations of the American way of life.

From a Tarzan- like, pun-making simpleton to a vigilante fighting for justice in the outback of a dystopian Australia, we really have it all when it comes to our vast selection of native films. Although quite diverse in plot, setting and characters they all broadcast the concept of Australian identity and ideals to the world. There are many concepts that reflect the typical Australian identity such as mateship, larrikinism and the Aussie battler and it is more important know than ever to celebrate what it means to be Australian.

Good Morning Ms Lewis and students, today I will be talking to you about Australia and how America is over powering our national identity and Australia is slowly becoming Americanised and has been for many years. Australian culture and identity has been significantly affected and dominated by America through movies, tv shows, music and food. In my opinion the Americanisation of Australia's culture is a sad and terrible thing. It is a process where ordinary Australians are bombarded every day with images of American lifestyle, so much that it merges almost unnoticed into our own lifestyle.

The poor distribution of Australian films has made it difficult for the public to view these said films, due to the lack of theatres screening the actual pictures. This contributes to the community of the Australian public to collectively be unaware of these films and leads to the small number of tickets sold in cinemas. With this lack of money being spent on Australian films, the industry suffers due to with no return going into the

Based on the previous module assessments, NBC Universal’s preliminary focus should be geared toward the film industry. The recent trade deal, between both the U.S. and Chinese Governments, lowered a 20-year-old quota on U.S. films and distribution fees in the Chinese film industry. This signifies productive progression within the film industry, even though small in nature, but nonetheless this could equate to significant profit gains for all the FMO’s within the market.

is growing outside of the USA. This kind of growth includes the large countries that previously specialised in film production. For countries such as China and India, the annual release of films has grown progressively for the past decade, followed by a forced growing purchase power and investments in cinemas (Lorenzen, M. 2008). The American film industry must, in a way, watch its back. Especially when the amount of small film countries, such as Denmark and Switzerland, has grown. The smaller countries have attracted attention by not only up-scaling their production, but also winning market shares from Hollywood. Other new filmmaking countries are also on the rise, with Korea, Mexico etc. joining the market, who bring cheaper production technologies to their advantage (Lorenzen, M. 2008).

The film industry has continuously changed since its inception due to rapid technology advancements. Camera technology has been a key factor that has influenced the growth of filmmaking. The first motion picture in the world was produced in the early 1880s, and the first public screening occurred ten years later. It didn’t take long for the quality of films to improve as new filmmaking equipment emerged. Ever since the first movie was produced, the film industry has been continuously changing in response to emerging filmmaking technology. Introduction of digital photography and digital data storage along with the development of internet significantly influenced the film industry (Barsam, 2015). These technologies contributed

The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.

Unfortunately is unsuccessful in its attempt to detail an effective strategy that strengthens Brisbane’s liveability as a vibrant, creative hub. Specifically due to the broadness in policy’s position on Brisbane’s future value as a creative city. It is difficult to describe how the document plans to achieve its goals, as I feel it is missing an opportunity, specifically there is little to mention on the how they plan to grow the film industry in Brisbane. This is important, as the Australian Government has considerable investments in the Film industry in Australia, specifically the Producer Offset. “The Producer Offset is a refundable tax offset for producers of Australian feature films, television and other projects” (screen Australia). In essence the offset reimburses 40 per cent of all below-line cost of a production, to qualify for the Producer Offset a production needs to meet specific criteria to be classed as an Australian production. The offset allows the Australian film industry to compete with other successful film industries all over the world. It is for this reason that I feel that the “Creative Brisbane Creative Economy” strategy should take the same

The costs, methods of distribution, and themes of Hollywood and Nollywood films reflect strongly their target audiences; how the target audience affects the production of a film and how the production of a movie is designed to capture a specific

Since the 1950’s the use of new technologies in the Film and Television industry has increased dramatically. From the equipment used to create the moving pictures, the technology we use to view these scenes and the techniques used to capture or produce the animated films and live shots, technology is forever expanding and growing. The Film and Television industry is a major contributor to the Australian economy, directly contributing $5.8 billion to Australia’s GPD (Gross Domestic Product). In this essay I will discuss the positive and negative effects of paid television and streaming services on the industry and whether those effects will be positive for the industry’s future. The key features I will be looking at are;