Film producer: European cultural context

Authors

  • Sergey Lavreniuk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.3.2021.244405

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of the development of the producer's activity in cinema in the context of the European cultural space and to outline the vectors of mutual influence of the producer's activity in the countries of the Eurospace and Ukraine. Methodology. In elaborating the topic, the historical method was used to identify the peculiarities of the origin and development of the profession of film producer under the influence of socio-cultural, economic, political factors, in particular, in Ukraine; analytical method and methods of scientific analysis, comparison, generalization, which came in handy in the process of establishing artistic, production, organizational, managerial, financial and economic features of the film producer in the European cultural space. For the sake of art history and culturological aspects of studying the problem, methods of systematization and analysis were used. The scientific novelty of the study is that the origin of the profession of producer in cinema is considered in the context of both European and Ukrainian cultural space, and has become the subject of a special multi-vector study; the content of the concepts of "film producer", "production system" as specific unique integrity and unity of interconnected elements is argued and clarified; the expediency of using the comparative method to study and manifest the peculiarities of production in the filmmaking process of European and domestic cultural space is proved. Conclusions. Acquaintance with the materials of this study enriches the arsenal of knowledge about the origins of the film producer in the culture of film production in European countries and Ukraine and provides a scientific basis for their use in courses on theory and history of culture, including filmmaking, production and directing.

Published

2021-11-16

Issue

Section

Культурологія