A timely investigation into the rise of Peak TV and the perfect storm that led to the rapid decline of Hollywood work.
The 2023 strikes of Hollywood writers and actors drew attention to the rapidly changing nature of film and television production. Combining interviews with working professionals and economic and cultural analysis, industry studies experts Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller capture the lived experience of Hollywood in crisis. Boom to Bust follows major changes—from streaming services becoming studios to the production of record numbers of series during Peak TV, to safety concerns from #MeToo and COVID—showing how key factors transforming labor and compensation had been mounting for well over a decade. The authors use the strikes of 2023 and their aftermath to explain how studios, creative workers, and workers' unions needed to renegotiate the terms of work. Preparing readers to understand Hollywood labor negotiations, the authors provide a road map to make sense of Hollywood's present—and what comes next.
Arvustused
[ A] deeply researched, clearly delineated primer on how the film and TV industry dug itself into a financial hole. * Kirkus Reviews *
Contents
Introduction
1. Tech Matters: Economics and Data
2. Distribution and Deal Disruptions
3. Cultivating Creativity
4. Work Convergences
5. (Not) Safe for Work
6. Humans Matter: The Dual Strikes of 2023
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Glossary
List of Interviews
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Miranda Banks is Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies at Loyola Marymount University, author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild, and coeditor of Production Studies. Kate Fortmueller is Associate Professor of Film and Media History at Georgia State University and author of Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production and Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID.
Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta