[Note] Those " Creative Cities" created by unproductive rentiers by D. Harvey

What is now so striking is the increasing power of the unproductive and parasitic rentiers, not simply the owners of land and all the resources that reside therein, but the owners of assets, the all-powerful bondholders, the owners of independent money power (which has become a paramount means of production in its own right), and the owners of patents and property rights that are simply claims on social labour freed of any obligation to mobilise that social labour for productive uses. The parasitic forms of capital are now in the ascendant. We see their representatives gliding through the streets in limousines and populating all the upmarket restaurants and penthouses in all the major global cities of the world – New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, São Paulo, Sydney ...

[Note]沒有工會保障的影視產業工人

根據1987年5月6日發行的Variety的報導，美國勞動部統計顯示，在主張「就業優先」（right-to-work）*的州裡，從事影視產業工作者的平均工資，比在不主張「就業優先」的州的同業，少了83%。而工資外補貼（fringe benefits）也有類似狀況，「就業優先」的州，工資外補貼僅占工資的3%，而南加州則有32%的水準（Will Tusher, "HIgh labor costs hold key to runway filming," Daily Variety, 5 june 1990, 3, 17)。

非常驚人的差距，不過通常這些州的經濟狀況本來就不妙，整個平均工資應該也很低才對。

[News-The Economists] Cinema economics: Bigger on the inside

慘慘慘，電影院持續衰退，終至轉型（這裡說是變成電玩間或餐廳），應該很快就會被看到了。

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21590931-now-showing-your-local-cinema-operas-circuses-and-television-shows-bigger-inside

Cinema economics: Bigger on the inside

Nov 30th 2013 | NEW YORK | From the print edition

“WHOVIANS” habitually sit on the sofa—or hide behind it—to watch their favourite time-traveller battle Daleks, Cybermen, Zygons and other monsters. But on November 23rd thousands of them, all around the world, settled into cinema seats to see “Doctor Who” in 3D. The 50th-anniversary episode of the British television show was screened on 800 big screens in 20 countries at the same time as being broadcast on the BBC’s channels.

[News] 紐西蘭退稅迎阿凡達

紐西蘭政府以退稅招來Fox Entertainment和J. Cameron，條件是簽署長期合作與本地製作投資協定。

New 'Avatar' Trilogy to Be Filmed in New Zealand
5:22 PM PST 12/15/2013 by Pip Bulbeck

New Zealand is set to move from being the "home of Middle-earth," as it has become known with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films, to "the place where Pandora was brought to life."

[News-THR] Music Industry Contributes $5.7 Billion to U.K. Economy, Report Finds

按英國材料，音樂唱片業的經濟貢獻，第一是工作者（詞曲創作、歌手、製作人…），第二是現場演出，第三是唱片，第四是音樂出版。

然而相關統計是首次揭露？

Homegrown stars, such as Adele and Emeli Sande, enhance Britain's brand and reputation abroad by an estimated $118 million, according to industry group UK Music.

[News-THR] Film London Recruits Executive to Attract Investment

The U.K. government agency, led by Adrian Wootton, has brought in David Shepheard to head up efforts to entice productions from Hollywood and beyond to shoot in the British capital.

[News]影視產業集團13年營收回顧與來年展望

來自THR的報導。一切都好，CBS, 21th Century Fox, Time Warner都是outperform。除了有線電視付費頻道的訂戶數還在衰退是不利因素，全球廣告量、新興市場、新付費通路都還在高速成長中。

其中有段有趣的是：Jayant and Joyce predict cable network segment operating profit could rise 3 percent for the quarter, while broadcasting could record a 5 percent improvement due to retransmission fees and reverse compensation revenue.

所謂的retransmission fee，指的是無線電視網無線電視台收費，而無線電視台跟轉播訊號的有線電視平台收費，等於是分了有線電視高成長的果實。

[Murmur] Chavez 榮登Hollywood 2013 仙逝名人堂？！

THR在首頁上放了個2013年好萊塢仙逝名人堂，收入今年掛掉的重要產業名人肖像，線上線下（above and under the line）都有，讓鄉民可以一頁一頁翻著看。

翻到第39位時忽然跑出查維茲。XD

[Analysis]關於資訊社會的開始 The beginning of Information Society

-Source: BEA
如圖上文字所示，GDP構成裡面的民間投資項，有子項為資訊處理設備。這一項的投資到了七○年代後開始爆炸性的增長。

[News] some old news about the recessino in US video industries

總體經濟衰退的時候，誰都跑不掉。不過據說有一個部門沒在怕的，那就是電視電影業。一直以來好萊塢被認為是可以在衰退中持盈保泰的部門，理由不外乎是消費者的娛樂支出相對不受景氣影響。曾經有很長一段時間，電影票便宜到是窮人和有錢人共享的娛樂活動（雖然有時間先後的差別），電視則是比水龍頭還厲害插上電開關打開就有得看又不用繳費。雖然現在電影票貴了，電視接上付費頻道後也是一直讓人掏錢，不過消費者成癮的閱聽習慣似乎一樣讓電視電影業不受衰退影響。

[News] app of US Census Bureau

Obama與共和黨的債務協商吵完後，美國政府終於重新開張，統計局網站也再次上線鳥。剛一連上發現首頁跳出app安裝提醒，二話不說馬上下載安裝。

[Opinion]加州減稅救電影：從《少年Pi》的移地製作談起

2012年的十一月初，國際大導演李安為了新片《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》緊鑼密鼓地宣傳，笑稱沒有台灣他無法拍出該片，言談間滿是感謝；但一方面他也感慨台灣電影工作環境的不理想：相比於好萊塢同業「有家庭生活與假期」，台灣電影工作者卻要燃燒熱情參與製作，難以累積能量也無法持久。

[News]柯麥隆搶進中國的如意算盤

Global Hollywood可以改寫出第三版了~


前幾天聯合新聞網《世界日報》從The Hollywoord Report編寫了一篇好萊塢生產外逃的報導〈「阿凡達」找中資 中國演員演納美人〉，文中一貫樂觀看待此事。

Cameron會打這個算盤當然不奇怪，不過因為聯合的中國報導常有樂觀過頭的問題，因此對照原文來看有必要。原文在

[News]老牌電影製作公司Morgan Creek 銀行帳戶凍結

好萊塢製片商欠錢還不出，面臨財務危機又一條…

這次是曾經製作《俠盜王子羅賓漢》（Kevin Costner帥氣出演那部）、《王牌威龍》的老牌製片公司Morgan Creek，因為欠日本發行商一大筆錢還不出來，被法院凍結銀行存款，被一堆包商和員工追著討錢，非常糗，工作進度被迫停擺。 Morgan Creek以自營製片公司之姿成立於1988年，也就是美電影業受惠於錄影帶與付費頻道等新通路成長，產業規模加速擴張的年代。同期間崛起的還有New Line、Miramax，以及拍過《 第一滴血》系列、《魔鬼終結者》1與2的Carolco。