Reinventing cinema : movies in the age of media convergence / Chuck Tryon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tryon, Chuck, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.

Digital media--Influence.

Digital media.

Motion picture industry--Technological innovations.

Motion picture industry.

Digital cinematography.

Convergence (Telecommunication).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For over a century, movies have played an important role in our lives, entertaining us, often provoking conversation and debate. Now, with the rise of digital cinema, audiences often encounter movies outside the theater and even outside the home. Traditional distribution models are challenged by new media entrepreneurs and independent film makers, user generated video, film blogs, mashups, downloads, and other expanding networks. Reinventing Cinema examines film culture at the turn of this century, at the precise moment when digital media are altering our historical...

Contents:

Introduction

The rise of the movie geek: DVD culture, cinematic knowledge, and the home viewer

The screen is alive: digital effects and Internet culture in the 1990s cyberthriller

Wall-to-wall color: moviegoing in the age of digital projection

Desktop productions: digital distribution and public film cultures

Toppling the gates: blogging as networked film criticism

Hollywood remixed: movie trailer mashups, five-second movies, and film culture

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4854-3

OCLC:

593295676