Channel 4 Television and British Film Culture: an assessment of the broadcaster's film policy and programming, and its impact on British film culture.

2007年，第四频道25岁生日的标志是对其广播遗产的一系列重新评估。然而，它在电影赞助和节目编排方面的创新却很少被提及。在4频道的未来作为一项公共服务广播再次成为媒体关注的焦点,这个项目专门指导注意其独特贡献在英国电影文化。在ahrc资助的项目“20世纪70年代的英国电影”（Justin Smith博士是该项目的合作研究者）完成后，朴茨茅斯大学的电影和电视历史学家们开始了这项新的研究，该研究采用了一种原始的历史方法来研究电视和电影之间的关系。1977年后,安南报告,4频道的宪章促进电影其工作职责的一部分。Film on 4在直接资助电视播放和选择性影院发行的故事片制作方面开辟了新的领域。但第四频道的报道电影文化(从杂志节目到前卫的季节,从尖端实验动画纪录片)更进一步仍在实现其野心促进多样性和少数民族的利益。它还建立了一个发行部门（Film 4 International）。从1998年到2006年，它率先在其数字网络上推出了电影订阅服务（Film4），这是在快速变化的全球电视市场背景下的另一个创新企业。这个为期四年的项目评估了25年来第四频道对英国电影文化的影响。它由两个元素组成。研究的实质性部分，在朴茨茅斯大学，将包括2个全职博士学位，一个主要的会议和网站。第一个博士项目将研究电影政策、试制、节目编排；它将提供制度和经济背景，并绘制出第四频道对电影的广播覆盖范围。第二个博士学位将出席4频道原创故事片的赞助。它将调查这一时期制作的电影，并将重点放在一些案例研究上（包括它们的制作历史、财务包装、发行和展览安排以及评论接受），以评估第四频道电影的文化和美学影响。第四频道已同意协助该项目，促进与现任和前任的委托编辑电影。会议将邀请学者、电视和电影行业人士以及政策制定者，讨论从第四频道的出现到新兴的互联网电影下载环境，公共服务广播对英国电影文化的责任和方法。会议记录将在UoP网站上公布，该网站还将向更广泛的公众展示该项目的工作。项目的最终成果（4年）将由首席研究员（PI） Justin Smith博士撰写，题为《第四频道与英国电影文化》。这个项目的第二个附属部分，分包给英国大学电影和录像委员会的研究执行（RE），将根据与第四频道的协议，制作第四频道每周新闻信息包（1982-2004）的数据库。向PI报告，RE将与博士生一起开发审问这些数据的方法，主要是为了收集有关电影节目和广播电影评论的信息。但是，在第4频道同意的投入下，他们也将反思所使用的方法，并为未来的媒体研究人员展示这种数字资源的更广泛潜力。在主要项目完成后，数据库和完整的研究背景将在BUFVC的网站上发布并维护，以造福英国高等教育社区。该项目的研究结果，通过书籍和网络出版物，将达到学术界内外的受众。会议将为意见领袖和政策制定者提供一个论坛，讨论公共服务广播公司在电影文化中的作用。

In 2007 Channel 4's 25th birthday was marked by a number of reappraisals of its broadcasting legacy. Yet its innovation in film sponsorship & programming scarcely received mention. At a time when Channel 4's future as a public service broadcaster is again in the media spotlight, this project directs attention specifically to its unique contribution to film culture in Britain. Following the completion of their AHRC-funded project 'British Cinema in the 1970s' (on which Dr Justin Smith was Co-investigator), film & television historians at the University of Portsmouth are ideally placed to embark on this new research which adopts an original historical approach to the relations between television & film.In the wake of the 1977 Annan Report, Channel 4's charter made the promotion of film part of its working remit. Film on 4 broke new ground in directly funding feature film production for television broadcast & selective cinema release. But Channel 4's coverage of film culture (from magazine programmes to avant-garde seasons, from cutting-edge documentary to experimental animation) went further still in realising its ambition to promote diversity & minority interests. It also established a distribution arm (Film 4 International). From 1998 to 2006, it pioneered a subscription film service on its digital network (Film4) - another innovative enterprise in the context of a rapidly changing global television marketplace.This 4-year project assesses Channel 4's impact on British film culture over 25 years. It will consist of 2 elements. The substantive part of the study, at the University of Portsmouth, will comprise 2 full-time PhDs, a major conference & website. The first doctoral project will research film policy, commissioning, programming & scheduling; it will provide the institutional & economic context & map the extent of Channel 4's broadcast coverage of film. The second PhD will attend to Channel 4's sponsorship of original feature film. It will survey films produced over the period & focus upon a number of case studies (incoporating their production histories, financial packages, distribution & exhibition arrangements & critical reception) in order to assess the cultural & aesthetic influence of Channel 4's films. Channel 4 has agreed to assist the project in facilitating interviews with current & former commissioning editors for Film. The conference (in yr2) will invite academics, TV & film industry personnel, & policy-makers, to debate the responsibilities & approaches of public service broadcasting to film culture in Britain, from the advent of Channel 4 to emerging internet film download environments. The conference proceedings will be published on a UoP website will which also showcase the project's work to a wider public. The final project outcome (in yr4) will be a monograph by the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr Justin Smith, entitled Channel 4 and British film culture.The second, subsidiary, element of this project, sub-contracted to the Research Executive (RE) at the British Universities Film & Video Council, will be to produce a database of Channel 4's weekly Press Information Packs (1982-2004) under an agreement with Channel 4. Reporting to the PI, the RE, alongside the PhD students, will develop methods of interrogating this data primarily in order to gather information about film programming & broadcast film reviews. But, with agreed input from Channel 4, they will also reflect on the methodology used & demonstrate the wider potential of this digital resource for future media researchers. The database & full research context will be published (in yr3) & maintained on the BUFVC's website for the benefit of the UK HE community after the main project is completed. The project's findings, via book & web publications, will reach an audience across & beyond academia. The conference will provide a forum for opinion formers & policy makers to debate the role of public service broadcasters in film culture.