Developing the evidence base for UK film strategy: the research process at the UK Film Council

The UK Film Council established a Research and Statistics Unit in order to gather data relating to film to inform the development of UK Film Council strategy and to provide an information service to the industry, government, the arts and cultural sector and the wider research community. The Research and Statistics Unit draws data from both official and unofficial sources and commissions its own special-purpose studies to gather information relevant to the strategic objectives of the Council. Key tasks are the measurement of the size of the market for film and the various elements of the film value chain, the performance of films supported by the UK Film Council and the performance of UK films in general. Special-purpose research projects currently include a detailed survey of the film production workforce, a study of the economic impact of the UK screen industries and studies of the social impact of local cinemas and the experience of Black- and Minority-led film production companies. A range of industry and official partners are collaborating in these studies. The Research and Statistics Unit also provides statistical and policy analysis relating to the wider policy environment of UK film, including issues such as the future of film tax incentives. This analysis has been developed within the HM Treasury ‘Green Book’ framework with particular reference to understanding market failure in relation to film. Central to the market failure argument is the cultural value of film in both its qualitative and its quantitative aspects. UK Film Council research is placed in the context of the literature on hedonic pricing and contingent valuation. The industrial challenges of increasing cultural value are discussed. Finally, consideration is given to the potential of film to contribute directly to ‘public value’.     

Power Struggles,Regulation and Responsibility

This article explores the relationship between the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and government during the implementation of the Video Recordings Act (VRA). It considers the public Parliamentary debates about the VRA, and places them alongside private correspondence between the Home Office and the BBFC, and internal BBFC material from the recently catalogued James Ferman papers held at the BFI. As well as exploring the introduction of the VRA, this article also aims to briefly consider its implications for the BBFC, how they set about interpreting and implementing its stringent recommendations and how this impacted upon the organisational working practices of the Board. While the VRA was without doubt one of the most significant pieces of legislation within the history of film regulation in Britain, the time is ripe for its reappraisal and with it a re-evaluation of the role played by the BBFC in securing statutory regulatory powers.     

从几部电影浅谈埃及美学

古埃及是一个神秘的国家。神秘而美的金字塔,纷繁瑰丽的各种文字图画,诡异的木乃伊甚至是让人不寒而栗的木乃伊等都吸引着越来越多的人去探索。在电影方面,以此为题材而拍摄的相关电影里,导演更是将这种神秘诡异渲染的扑朔迷离。本文试图从电影中的有关场景并结合埃及宗教的特点来诠释金字塔、木乃伊和圣甲虫所代表的美学意蕴。     

"黑色"影像里的社会与人生--黑色电影研究

作为一种类型，黑色电影具有独特的风格情调。造成这种状况的原因在于黑色电影产生的社会背景的复杂性。在商业电影迅猛发展的今天，探讨黑色电影的类型化电影元素的生成以及在借鉴的意义上关注中国大陆电影的一种发展趋势，是有积极意义的。     

江淹《杂体诗三十首》与钟嵘《诗品》关系考辨

探讨江淹《杂体诗三十首》和钟嵘《诗品》两者之间的关系。前者启发并影响后者，不仅可能，而且从具体内容而言，后者无疑是前者的继承和发展。     

论元代《文筌》的古文鉴赏观

元代文论专著并不丰富,有特色之论更不多见,陈绎曾的《文筌》却是一部较为有个性的批评专著,其中《古文谱》和《古文矜式》对古文的创作、风格、鉴赏都有集中的论述,代表着元代古文批评的价值取向。     

李清照两首《如梦令》词赏析比较

章通过分析李清照的两首《如梦令》词的遣词造句、意境创造、生活感受的不同,揭示了词作品跟其他学作品一样与作的生活境遇有密切联系,也体现了词作高超的创作技巧。     

杜琪峰电影主题印象

本文通过对杜琪峰代表性影片的分析,发现命运无常的宿命观是其电影主题的核心．正因为有此思想的统领,使杜琪峰的电影在文本和视听语言上逐步具备了独特的个人特色．本文试图对具有明显个人风格烙印的主题所作的全面解读,希望能为研究回归后香港本土电影的发展变化提供有益的材料支持。     

以文化视角解读“赏识教育”

赏识教育是一种全新的教育理念。本文从文化心理学的视角对其理论基础和实施机制进行了剖析,以期更好地推动我国教育事业的发展。     

《古典诗词欣赏》与高职生人文素质教育

高职教育有其明确的培养目标和办学方针,致使部分高职院校忽略了对高职学生人文素质的教育.而当前高职院校学生人文素质现状又着实令人担忧,因此加强对其人文素质的教育大有必要.可以通过在高职院校开设<古典诗词欣赏>这一课程来部分地完成这一目标,因为<古典诗词欣赏>中的崇高的爱国意识与集体意识、人生现与价值现以及爱情观与婚姻现等...