A produção cinematográfica no contexto académico

Abstract

Hollywood’s American cinema is the most seen worldwide. Its influence knows no boundaries, budgets go to the limit breaking records, and the financial revenues are astronomical. The movie stars are there, and those who want to become stars must go there. However, the origins of Hollywood’s influences are directly related with the creation and rising of its own country, which like cinema, descends from the old continent, Europe. How did Hollywood’s cinema emerge? Which were the agents responsible for its domination, and were the consequences for European cinema. At the same time that this cinematographic, cultural, economical battle was taking place, Portuguese cinema appears, chained, suppressed, with no real chance of success while facing dictatorship regime till 1974. How did Portuguese cinema recovered, and how did it manage its freedom? How did the public become the audience, and what social measures determined Portuguese cinema internal division, which allowed it to be controlled by the American pop culture. This dissertation intends to look for the relation between these social, cultural happenings, to define the place where Portugal’s cinema stands, and the functioning of the financial organs that support a fragile structure, as well as the producer’s role in the Portuguese cinematographic context, and possible solutions to create good and trustful conditions. It intends to relate to the Masters in Sound and Image Final Project, specializing in Cinema and Audiovisual, regarding the fiction short-film, “Manifesto dos Danados”, in which I assumed the producer’s position. It also speaks about the producer’s major influence in an academic point of view, trying to solve problems and bring solutions in order to make independent cinema in Portugal.

Date of Award	2012
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Adriano Nazareth (Supervisor) & Carlos Ruiz Carmona (Co-Supervisor)