{"product_id":"supply-chain-cinema-producing-global-film-workers-paperback","title":"Supply Chain Cinema: Producing Global Film Workers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKay Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlisa Perren\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYannis Tzioumakis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy are big budget films typically made across an array of seemingly dissociated sites? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupply Chain Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the production journeys of such films exemplify the principles of the supply chain, whose core imperative is to nimbly and opportunistically manufacturing wherever is most amenable and efficient. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough extensive on-site investigations and in-depth interviews with film professionals, Kay Dickinson delivers nuanced insight into working practices in the UK and the UAE. Among the sites she examines is Warner Bros' permanent base at Leavesden Studios near London. From tax breaks designed to attract foreign projects to infrastructures, logistical support and expertise offered, she considers why Hollywood giants elect to make more of their films in Britain than in the USA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDickinson goes on to show how the UK's ambitions to enlarge its creative economies has opened up a host of competitive advantages with British higher education increasingly fashioned to conform to the needs of border-hopping enterprise, thus generating a workforce keenly adapted to the demands of blockbuster moviemaking.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKay Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Creative Arts at Glasgow University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eArab Film and Video Manifestos: Forty-Five Years of the Moving Image Amid Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eArab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003e(British Film Institute, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eOff Key: When Film and Music Won't Work Together (\u003c\/i\u003e2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522204361011,"sku":"9781839024665","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/japB4i7BVW9781839024665.webp?v=1781966788","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/supply-chain-cinema-producing-global-film-workers-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}