STUBBS, Andrew (2020) Packaging House of Cards and The Knick: How Talent Intermediaries Manage the Indie-Auteur Brand to Sell Premium Television. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies, 15 (2). ISSN 1749-6020
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The article explores the migration of indie-auteurs to television during the 2010s. Using David Fincher and Steven Soderbergh’s work on House of Cards and The Knick as case-studies, the article argues that talent intermediaries such as producers and talent managers have sought to mobilize the indie-auteur, a branded identity and authorial discourse, to package premium television programmes to exploit growing competition between channels and platforms. The article also explores repercussions of the indie-auteur’s insertion in television as a mark of distinction, arguing that it becomes increasingly important to be aware of the systems behind it.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty: | School of Computing and Digital Technologies > Film, Media and Journalism |
Depositing User: | Andrew Stubbs-Lacy |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2020 12:37 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2023 13:58 |
URI: | https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/6117 |