Manchester’s Film and Television Industry: Project Ecologies and Network Hierarchies

Jennifer Johns
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Jennifer Johns: Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Chatham Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 7ZT, UK, j.johns@liverpool.ac.uk

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 5, 1059-1077

Abstract: This paper presents a film and television production system theoretically framed using a network approach. The organisation and geographies of production are examined using the notion of project ecologies to incorporate non-firm actors including freelance individuals. Empirical findings from quantitative and qualitative data collection in Manchester are used to illustrate different hierarchical networks within and between production stages. The paper argues that inherent multiscalar network inequalities impact on the capacity for the film and television industry in Manchester to secure financing and distribution, and on the organisational logics of production.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098009353628

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