Pukeko Pictures and the Kiwi DIY Spirit: Building Global Partnerships from the End of the World. (July 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Pukeko Pictures and the Kiwi DIY Spirit: Building Global Partnerships from the End of the World. (July 2019)
- Main Title:
- Pukeko Pictures and the Kiwi DIY Spirit: Building Global Partnerships from the End of the World
- Authors:
- Potter, Anna
O'Regan, Tom - Abstract:
- Wellington, New Zealand is a major international screen production base for movies including Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. New Zealand production companies like Jackson's Weta Group producing content for international markets benefit from local policy settings that support such productions. In 2008, a group of long-time Jackson collaborators including Richard Taylor established Pukeko Pictures. In a small country with a deregulated media system, no dedicated public service broadcaster, and minimal supports for children's television, Pukeko is a successful, globally oriented producer of children's content. This article examines the strategies that underpin Pukeko Pictures' production portfolio, which includes the 2015 reboot Thunderbirds Are Go, and a preschool coproduction with China. The combination of dispersed production practices, local subsidies, and quality infrastructure contribute to Pukeko Pictures' success. We suggest, however, that strategic international relationships managed by Taylor are also critical to Pukeko Pictures developing a significant foothold in transnational television services.
- Is Part Of:
- Television & new media. Volume 20:Number 5(2019)
- Journal:
- Television & new media
- Issue:
- Volume 20:Number 5(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 20, Issue 5 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0020-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 492
- Page End:
- 508
- Publication Date:
- 2019-07
- Subjects:
- screen production -- cultural policy -- New Zealand film industry -- Australian screen industry -- children's television
Télévision -- Aspect social -- Périodiques
Télévision -- Aspect économique -- Périodiques
Médias -- Publics -- Périodiques
Civilisation -- Histoire -- Périodiques
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
Digital media -- Periodicals
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org/journal=1527-4764;screen=info;ECOIP ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1527476418755305 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1527-4764
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