La distribución de cine en Internet y su implicación en los procesos de producción cinematográfica

Estudi sobre com Internet ha canviat la manera de distribuir curtmetratges i llargmetratges, i la influència d’aquests canvis als processos previs de producció. Es complementa l’estudi bibliogràfic de les fases de producció amb entrevistes a tres cineastes per comprovar que Internet ha generat alguns canvis a l’hora de plantejar certs treballs cinematogràfics.

Hollywood Films in the Non-Western World: What Are the Criteria Followed by the Chinese Government When Choosing Hollywood Film Imports?

This dissertation argues that the Government of the People’s Republic of China, when it made the decision to import a quota of Hollywood films in 1994 to revive the failing domestic film industry, had different possible criteria in mind. This project has studied four of them: first, importing films that gave a negative image of the United States; second, importing films that featured Chinese talent or themes; third, importing films that were box office hits in the United States; and fourth, importing films with a strong technological innovation ingredient. In order to find out the most important criteria for the Chinese Government, this dissertation offers a dataset that analyzes a population of 262 Hollywood films released in the PRC between 1994 and 2010. For each unit, a method has been developed to compile data that will determine whether the film reflects any of the four criteria, and findings in the form of yearly percentages have been drawn. Results show that, out of the four studied criteria, the two predominant reasons for China to import films were technological innovation and box office hits. This tells us that, at this point, the Chinese Government shows more interest in obtaining big revenues and learning from technically innovative American films than in delivering underlying political messages. This dissertation contributes to the existing literature by analyzing the content of all the films imported by China between 1994 and 2010, while integrating in the analysis variables based on the existing knowledge.

Centre de Noves Tecnologies i nous Processos Alimentaris, centre tecnològic per a la indústria alimentària

El Centre de Noves Tecnologies i nous Processos Alimentaris (CENTA) és una iniciativa conjunta del IRTA i la Universitat de Girona, amb dues seus, una a Monells i l’altre al Parc Tecnològic de la UdG, on es podran trobar les tecnologies més avançades dins del camp del tractament i processament d’aliments, tant per tractar líquids com sòlids. Aquest centre tindrà per missió principal apropar les noves tecnologies a les empreses del nostre país, oferint-les diferents serveis. Probablement el CENTA formarà part de la Xarxa de Centres Tecnològics del CIDEM, i es preveu que en a partir del mes de març es posin en marxa les diferents instal·lacions.