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Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates

Frampton, Anthony
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394999350

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Media and Communication.
This qualitative study explores the relationship between Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Hollywood's cross-border film productions by examining the strategies that these islands use to facilitate the filming of big-budget foreign films within their borders. The dissertation also analyzes the inherent implications of transnational film production practices from the perspective of the host location and reviews extant theories of international film production to explore whether they adequately explain the peculiar dynamics and experiences of filmmaking in SIDS countries by heavily financed, non-resident film producers. The study blends relevant strands of political economy of media and critical cultural studies to construct a customized theoretical backbone. From this critical standpoint, it engages theories of globalization, development, cultural industries, post-colonialism, and policymaking to analyze the interaction between SIDS nations and international satellite film productions. Adopting a grounded theory methodological framework, it uses interviewees, focus groups, participant observation and document analysis to collect data from the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, which hosted two films in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The study found that these foreign film producers received unprecedented levels of concessions and amassed huge savings from their ability to manipulate governmental authorities and local elites and exploit the weak institutional capacity of the state and its poor systems of accountability. It also revealed the relative incapacity of the host location to extend the inherent benefits of accommodating these big-budget film products from temporary economic activities to more lasting and sustainable development projects.
Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Dr. (Advisor)
Federico Chalupa, Dr. (Committee Member)
Ewart Skinner, Dr. (Committee Member)
Radhika Gajjala, Dr. (Committee Member)
475 p.
Arts Management; Caribbean Studies; Cinematography; Communication; Cultural Resources Management; Ethnic Studies; Film Studies; International Relations; Labor Economics; Labor Relations; Latin American Studies; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Multimedia Communications
Cross-border; film; Hollywood; SIDS; island; Caribbean; Dominica; international; production; filmmaking; producer; transnational; CARICOM; location; satellite; tourism; developing; states; colonialism; post-colonialism; imperialism

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  • Frampton, A. (2014). Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394999350

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Frampton, Anthony. Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates . 2014. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394999350.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Frampton, Anthony. "Cross-Border Film Production: The Neoliberal Recolonization of an Exotic Island by Hollywood Pirates ." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394999350

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