Multimedia histories : from the magic lantern to the internet / edited by James Lyons and John Plunkett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyons, James, 1972-

Plunkett, John, 1974-

Series:

Exeter studies in film history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and technology--History.

Mass media and technology.

Cinematography--History.

Cinematography.

History.

Projectors--History.

Projectors.

Digital cinematography.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Visual sociology.

Physical Description:

xxv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is the first book to explore in detail the vital connections between today's digital culture and an absorbling history of screen entertainments and technologies. Its range of coverage moves from the magic lantern, the stereoscope and early film to the DVD and the internet. By reaching back into the innovative media practices of the nineteenth century, it outlines many of the revealing continuities between nineteenth, century, it outlines many of the revealing continuities between nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century multimedia culture.

Contents:

Section 1 Culture, Aesthetics and the Influence of New Media

1 Toys, Instruments, Machines: Why the Hardware Matters / Ian Christie 3

2 'The suppleness of everyday life': CGI, the Lumieres, and Perception after Photography / Damian Sutton 18

3 Wouldn't you rather be at home?' Electronic Media and the Anti-Urban Impulse / William Boddy 31

4 Breaking the Time Barrier with John Cage / Charlie Gere 43

Section 2 Exploring Remediation: Old Formats into New

5 From the Album Page to the Computer Screen: Collecting Photographs at Home / Patrizia Di Bello 57

6 The Return of Curiosity: The World Wide Web as Curiosity Museum / Michelle Henning 72

7 From Android to Synthespian: The Performance of Artificial Life / Dan North 85

8 As Seen on TV: Kinaesthetic Crossover and the Animation of Social Dance Pedagogy / Jonathan Bollen 98

Section 3 Media Consumption and Interactivity

9 Depth, Colour, Movement: Embodied Vision and the Stereoscope / John Plunkett 117

10 Penny Gaffs and Picture Theatres: Popular Perceptions of Britain's First Cinemas / Andrew Shail 132

11 From Museum to Interactive Television: Organizing the Navigable Space of Natural-History Display / James Bennett 148

12 Imaginary Spaces: User Participation in Networked Narrative Environments / Andrea Zapp 163

Section 4 Visions of Convergence: Bringing Media Together

13 'The Lady of Shalott': Optical Elegy / Isobel Armstrong 179

14 Photographed Tableaux and Motion-Picture Aesthetics: Alexander Black's Picture Plays / Kaveh Askari 194

15 DVDs, Video Games and the Cinema of Interactions / Richard Grusin 209

16 From 'Nip/Tuck' to Cut/Paste: Remediating Cosmetic Surgery / James Lyons 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780859897723

0859897729

0859897737

9780859897730

OCLC:

64555504