@article{9aebac0e782a45f9988250fe660c919a,
title = "The creative sustainability of screen business in the Australian regions",
abstract = "Public focus on screen business in Australia has been shaped by the information needs of the regulatory and content investment agencies that monitor and support screen content made under the creative control of Australians. This has meant that available data has concentrated on the types of content that have been deemed to require regulatory support – feature films, documentaries and television drama, with more recent interest in short-form content intended for streaming and online platforms and games. The expansion of the notion of screen business has led to a series of Screen Australia reports that focused the debate on value frameworks that included cultural, economic and audience values. These reports informed the 2017 Federal Government inquiry into the Australian Film and Television Industry – they do not, however, provide insights into how screen business is incorporated into localised regional economies and they tend to downplay the cultural contributions from the television and advertising sectors. By looking at screen business in four regional Australia cities we demonstrate how four modes of screen production, which include commercial and corporate content, is being made sustainably in the regions and that regional screen content production activities are an important part of the national screen production ecosystem.",
keywords = "Creative industries, film production, film-making, screen production, television",
author = "Susan Kerrigan and Ryan, {Mark David} and Phillip McIntyre and Stuart Cunningham and Marion McCutcheon",
note = "Funding Information: This research has been enabled by an ARC Linkage Project grant [grant number LP160101724] entitled ?Australian cultural and creative activity: A population and hotspot analysis? Funding Information: Associate Professor Susan Kerrigan in Communication and Creative Industries at the University of Newcastle, Australia is a screen production scholar. She was co-investigator on the Filmmaking Research Network grant, funded by the UK{\textquoteright}s Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is Chief Investigator on Australian Research Council Grant investigating the creative industries. Susan has professionally produced and directed Australian television programmes, including Play School. See more detail at: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/susan-kerrigan Funding Information: Fremantle television series are funded by a combination of commercial investment from international channels and broadcasters, presales and royalties from ongoing series, and access to public funding incentives including Screenwest and the Producer Offset (Redwood pers. comm., July 25, 2019; Tait pers. comm., July 24, 2019; Ogilvie pers. comm., July 25, 2019). This use of a broad set of funding opportunities shows the expertise of Fremantle-based producers who have come to understand how to create Australian core content which attracts local and international investment and has strong appeal for audiences. These producers stressed their primary focus is making appealing and high-quality stories, but many of these series and documentaries feature WA's unique geography, history, and flora and fauna. Fremantle producers have also adapted to the subscription video on demand platforms. These producers are thus operating in a highly adaptive and responsive way inside a complex market that offers opportunities under local regulation and global television markets. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1080/17503175.2020.1811486",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "111--129",
journal = "Studies in Australasian Cinema",
issn = "1750-3175",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
number = "2",
}