| Reference Type |
The Converging of Film and Television
journal
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| Title |
Film & its near neighbour: the Australian film & television interface |
| Author(s) | Tom O'Regan |
| Town |
Sydney |
| State |
NSW |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1989 |
| Citation Date |
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| Page Number |
15-24 |
| Comments |
(A version of this essay appears in "The Converging of Film and Television" in John Tulloch and Graeme Turner eds., Australian Television: Programs, Pleasures and Politics (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1989), pp.15-24.)
The article focuses upon constructs of film financing, funding, and the development of film and media policies from early 20th Century to the late 1980's.
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| Synopsis |
The article discusses the film and television industry from the 1960s-1980's, and the changes that occurred over three decades. The essay reveals that because funding for film came from a different source to that of funding for television, the quality of the two different productions often was severely different.
Film during the 1970's had a significantly larger budget to "play" with, allowing the films produced during this period to be creatively and politically relevant and with purpose in regards to the media.
O'Regan also discusses the restriction on content dating back as early as the 1940's, raising ideas about Australian identity and the governments need to separate itself from the UK and USA in terms of its media (newspapers, radio and later on television industry).
Under the heading of 'the converging of film and television' O'Regan analyses federal film policies and funding and how this impacted on the two different media formats. Overall in 'Film & Its near neighbour' the concepts of the industries changes and problems are highlighted and constructed to form a heavy opinionated article that uses statistics and facts regarding the industry to educate and create an opinion for its reader.
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