From light to byte : toward an ethics of digital cinema / Markos Hadjioannou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadjioannou, Markos.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography--Technological innovations.

Cinematography.

Digital cinematography.

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Motion pictures.

Technology in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cinema has been undergoing a profound technological shift: celluloid film is being replaced by digital media in the production, distribution, and reception of moving images. Concerned with the debate surrounding digital cinema's ontology and the interrelationship between cinema cultures, From Light to Byte investigates the very idea of change as it is expressed in the current technological transition. Markos Hadjioannou asks what is different in the way digital movies depict the world and engage with the individual and how we might best address the issue of technological shift w

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Going Digital: Cinema's New Age; Chapter 1: The Reality of the Index, or Where Does The Truth Lie?; Chapter 2: Physical Presences: Reality, Materiality, Corporeality; Chapter 3: Spatial Coordinates: In between Celluloid Strips and Codified Pixels; Chapter 4: Rediscovering Cinematic Time; Chapter 5: Tracing an Ethics of the Movie Image; Conclusion: Change: A Point of Constant Departure; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4799-6

0-8166-8207-0

OCLC:

836404667