Georg Rockall-Schmidt's video: How China Influences Western Film

The Chinese box office brought in $8.9 billion dollars in 2018. That's only three billion behind US numbers. Here I'm broadly looking at how the state controlled Chinese film industry seeks better international grounding, and how pro-Chinese sentiment is finding its way into mainstream Western film. China's film industry is state controlled, but all films shown in China have to be approved. This means that, with the second largest market in the world, if film producers want their movie shown in China they have to conform to the will of the state. But while China has an iron grip on what is imported, it seeks to influence international audiences with large films made with export, and foreign audiences in mind. I try to give a broad overview of China's influence in this video. The depth of the subject proper though, especially when it comes to the strategy of Chinese state film and analysis surrounding it, is far far greater. Sources: China Box Office Growth Slows to 9 Percent in 2018, Ticket Sales Reach $8.9B – Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-total-revenue-2018-1172725 Navigating Restriction In The Chinese Film Industry - Eastwestbank https://www.eastwestbank.com/ReachFurther/News/Article/Navigating-Restrictions-In-Chinas-Film-Industry Hollywood Movies At Chinese Box Office – Hollywood Reporter https://www.businessinsider.com/top-hollywood-movies-at-china-box-office-in-2018-venom-aquaman-2018-12 5 Trends At Chinese Box Office – Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/5-trends-at-chinese-box-office-2018-1171864 Call Me By Your Name Dropped - Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beijing-film-festival-drops-call-me-by-your-name-as-china-tightens-grip-media-1097204 Gay Films In China – China Film Insider http://chinafilminsider.com/gay-films-have-a-real-hard-time-in-china/ Top Ten Box Office Performers In Chine - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2180099/top-10-films-chinese-box-office-and-five-biggest-flops-2018 Box Office Mojo US Box Office numbers: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?sort=totalgross&order=DESC&p=.htm Jessica Kam On the Chinese Film Industry - 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEDZO3C23vo Focus on China: Film Co-Production & Financing Panel - 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4UJ7CgEUJk Film producer Janet Yang on the Chinese box office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeTHx9131qU CGTN Political Analyst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztPm6m5tSj0 Lloyds Kaufman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jazqe5oh9MA