CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: World Trade Organization, Canadian Literature, Canadian Content

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

In text (par , lecture 10b: communications policy. **can bring cheat sheet to cmn 1160 midterm** Titanic (according to this point system) is considered a canadian film. 1950s; concerns about cinema being a foreign influence. Cinema is driven largely on govt funding > focused on production. Canada is good with documentary, not as good with entertainment. Distribution of canadian films is where canadian films get lost in the system. Up until 1940s, hollywood controlled cinemas as well. Cinema chains in canada are us based, so they don"t feature many canadian films. Tv is where can films are being distributed the most. Runway productions: american movies are more often that now, filmed in canada. ^^cheaper for movies to be made in canada+ gives revenue to canada. Film industry has always been a little odd. Canada hasn"t thought of limiting the amount of movies that can be filmed in canada; imposing screen restrictions.