Indústria cinematográfica brasileira contemporânea: um estudo do campo, redes e suas relações organizacionais

Abstract

In recent years, film production in Brazil has grown considerably. This growth has been analyzed from different perspectives, but it is still not understood in its specificities, activities, processes and actions of the actors involved. Our proposal in this thesis is to look at the Brazilian film industry from the organizations that compose it, for their logic, relationships and practices that enable its functioning. To this end, field theories and analysis of social networks are used as a basis for the work, in order to assist in the formation, analysis and understanding of the dynamics between companies involved in cinematographic activities. At first, Brazilian cinema approaches organizational studies, questioning the industry models valued in the field. Then, through secondary data from the National Film Agency (Ancine), the networks of interactions between production companies, audio and image post-production studios, as well as producers and distributors, between 1995 and 2019, with the aim of understanding the consolidation of the constituent fields of the macro-field of the national film industry. Finally, in order to deepen the understanding of the relationships between the companies, a survey was carried out with the producing companies regarding their internal training, forms of contract and criteria for forming partnerships. With such primary information, it was possible to identify the film production in the country as organized by projects, with the hiring of professionals from specialized activities and orchestrated by small companies, the production companies. The combination of the parts of the present work allows, therefore, an overview of the fields, through the networks of relationships between companies that point out characteristics of contemporary Brazilian cinematographic production. These characteristics are analyzed and presented in relation to their social and economic context, valuing the links between the actors involved, which are, therefore, the central element of the study and operation of the industry.