The International Film Business

Angus Finney is a course director and visiting lecturer on film and media businesses at Cass Business School, City University London and a Visiting Lecturer to The Judge Business School, Cambridge University, where he teaches 'The International Film Business' at MBA level. He teaches at MSc and MBA level, and works with the UK’s Regional Screen Agencies, the South African National Film and Video Foundation and the Abu Dhabi Film Commission as a trainer and consultant. He is Film London’s Project Manager for the Production Finance Market, an annual event, and has had practitioner experience as Managing Director of Renaissance Films, a production, finance and sales company that was expanded with investment from the City in 1999. He has worked as a media specialist and journalist, and his previous books include: Developing Feature Films in Europe: A Practical Guide (1996), The State of European Cinema (1996) and The Egos Have Landed: The Rise and Fall of Palace Pictures (1996).

Introduction Part 1: The Film Value Chain 1. Global Film: A Changing World 2. The Film Value Chain 3. Film Development 4. Green Lighting Films 5. Sales and Markets 6. Film Finance Part 2: Users and the Changing Digital Market 7. Co-production and Changing European Audiences 8. Exhibition and the Changing Cinema Experience 9. Users, Consumers and Market Research 10. Traditional Film Marketing 11. Digital Production 12. Digital Distribution 13. Film Marketing Through the Internet Part 3: Business and Management Strategies 14. Business Strategy 15. Entrepreneurs and Investers in the Film Industry 16. The Challenge of Creative Management 17. Project Management 18. Business Models 2.0 19. Case Study Interview: Simon Franks, Redbus Group 20. Conclusion: The New Looking Glass-A Changing Wonderland. Glossary. Bibliography and Further Reading