Brokerage and production in the American and French entertainment industries : invisible hands in cultural markets / edited by Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby
Introduction: cultural brokerage in the American and French film and television industries / Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby -- Agents, agenting, agencies. Twenty-four years of agenting / Harry J. Ufland -- Talent agencies and the market for screenwriters: from the origins of packaging to today's transformations / Denise Bielby -- The talent agent's role in producing artists' symbolic and commercial value in France / Delphine Naudier -- The market for actresses: gender, reputation, and intermediation in French pornography / Mathieu Trachman -- The emergence of Hollywood talent agents / Violaine Roussel -- Behind the scenes of production. The choice between a good job and a good life / Bill Mechanic -- The importance of being ordinary: brokering talent in the new-tv era / Laura Grindstaff and Vicki Mayer -- "This is the girl": the social division of recruitment in the French film industry / Vincent Cardon -- Film offices as brokers: cultivating and connecting local talent to Hollywood / Candace Jones and Pacey Foster -- Overlapping temporalities in project-based work: the case of independent producers in the French movie industry / Laure de Verdalle
Summary
This book shines unprecedented light on the activity of talent representatives and production professionals in the American and French film and television industries. Empirically grounded contributions show the crucial impact of such entertainment professionals on the making of artistic careers and cultural products
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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