How Can Regulation Ensure The australianne' Of Australia's Media?
Introduction
Through the course of the essay I will separate and discuss the media' as two main parts, namely the Film and Free-to-air Television industries.
I intend to highlight the problems with current regulation that I feel does not protect the Australianness of Australia's media. Then proceeding to outline and debate why my recommendations of possible regulatory and general work practice changes can ensure and protect Australia's Film and Television industries from foreign influences.
In each section of the essay, I will look at the current state of affairs in the particular industry, also referring to history and seeing how the industry has progressed through the ages. Moreover, what can be done to improve the future of the particular industry and the people involved.
Australia's Film Industry
Looking at the mission statement for the Film Finance Corporation Australia, it's clear that the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) do have cultural identity at the top of their agenda, highlighting three key areas for attention: "supporting a highly professional and creative Australian screen production industry; entertaining and informing Australian audiences with a diversity of screen images; showcasing Australia's screen production industry to the world." (FFC Online: 2005)
Searching for an Identity
Since its first feature film production in 1906, The Story of the Kelly Gang, the Australian film industry has somewhat struggled to find an identity like the one that so aptly defined Australian life in the early 1900's. Nearly a century later, after many developments in the country and its culture, there is a struggle to see itself as one particular identity, without resorting to stereotypes that seemingly continue to flood our screens. Whereas cinema goers could relate to the characters on screen, thus making it a success, now the opposite is occurring.
Despite a heavy...
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