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Since the 1950s, film production in Ireland has evolved into a mature industry creating high-profile film, television drama, documentary and animation for both the domestic and international markets. This book traces that evolution through a history of the screen production industries on the island of Ireland. More specifically, the book is concerned with the people who work in these industries - how they have shaped the work they do and the conditions under which that work is carried out. The book therefore highlights the vital contribution of film and television workers to screen policy and labour relations in Ireland, north and south.
The book presents a local history that explicates the development of the screen industries in Ireland and their relationship to the global Hollywood production system. While the emphasis is on film and television workers, the book acknowledges the essential producer contribution to building the industry as it exists today. However it also emphasises producer obligations towards the screen workers they employ. The result is a local history of Irish screen production told mainly from a labour perspective, using previously unused records from the trade union archives and other labour history sources.
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'Murphy's study is rich in tabulated data of employment numbers, wage rates, funding, union membership, women's representation within the industry and major productions (p. vii)... The study is elegantly structured, highly accessible to those - like this reviewer largely unfamiliar with film despite my activity in the MUI - and provocative of ideas and questions.'
Francis Devine, Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History 'Murphy's book stands as a touchstone text in Irish production studies, offering a panoramic, deeply-researched, and highly readable history of Irish screenwork. '
Tony Tracy, Irish Journal of Arts Management & Cultural Policy 'The book is rich in statistical evidence and filmic examples throughout and is an important and valuable resource. Overall, Screen Workers and the Irish Film Industry is an excellent contribution to the fields of media, screen and cultural industries, the political economy of media and communications, film and cultural history and labour and industrial relations.'
Clare Mullaly, Estudios Irlandeses
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9 images; 9 Illustrations
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Höhe: 239 mm
Breite: 163 mm
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978-1-80207-595-3 (9781802075953)
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Dr Denis Murphy lectures in film and media studies at Maynooth University. He has also worked as an editor and producer/director in the film, television and advertising industries.
