TAFIND

Talent Agents in the American Film INDustry: how cinematic careers and projects are shaped behind the scenes

Coordinatore	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE    more  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Philippe Cognome: Cavelier Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 45 07 57 53 Fax: +33 1 45 07 58 99
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	245˙948 €
EC contributo	245˙948 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-10-01   -   2015-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Philippe Cognome: Cavelier Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 45 07 57 53 Fax: +33 1 45 07 58 99	FR (PARIS)	coordinator	245˙948.20

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This project is aimed at exploring a neglected aspect of the movie industry and of the film creation process: the role played by talent agents and its significance for the making of cultural products. Even though agents often remain unseen participants in the day-to-day functioning of the film industry, they hold a key position. This study will provide a detailed account of their professional activity, analyzing the organizational system they belong to and the interdependence mechanisms connecting them to other participants in the film world, to show how they contribute to the making of artists’ careers and cinematic projects and, ultimately, to the manufacture of 'popular culture.' Exploring agents' perceptions of their work identity, their mission, their distinctive skills will help us to make sense of the occupational models and conventions that currently prevail in that field, in the light of the historical constitution of “agenting” as a profession. In-depth sociological interviews and in situ observations will constitute the main material of this research. Agents’ activity will be analyzed from a sociological viewpoint, at the intersection of several sub-disciplinary perspectives: the sociologies of profession, economy and culture will provide instruments and resources to elucidate how agents participate in shaping cultural markets, with local as well as more global effects. This case study – targeting one of the world leading film industries – can be used as a paradigmatic example, with which to better understand their dynamics and mutations in other societies. With this project, I do not only intend to advance European research regarding screen industries, I hope to make a contribution to cultural studies at large, thanks to a close collaboration with top American scholars in the field (at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Southern California).'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The relationship between talent representation and film production is brought to light in an effort to better understand the creation of cultural products in the industry.