The TV Series in France: Why the French Do Not Succeed? Cover Image

Seriale we Francji: Dlaczego Francuzom się nie udaje?
The TV Series in France: Why the French Do Not Succeed?

Author(s): Teresa Sławińska
Subject(s): Economy, Media studies, Sociology of Culture, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: France; Mission Chevalier report; S.E.S.C.A. report; media market; production; screenwriters; cultural politics;

Summary/Abstract: The structure of the tv series market in France as compared to the other Western countries is rather untypical one. Not many local products are being created here, which can be even perceived as the threat to the national identity. The article, while delineating the development of the tv series in France in the diachronic perspective, does attempt to diagnose the reasons for this situation, using the SESCA report. The report’s authors point to the culturally grounded idealization of the cinema film as one of the source of the underdevelopment of tv series production. They also point to the in appreciation of the artistic potential of the tv series creators, and to the lack of the systemic solutions within the whole French media market.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1 (225)
  • Page Range: 220 - 230
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish