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Silver Screen to Digital

Author : Carlo Montanaro
Publisher : John Libbey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0861969685
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen to Digital written by Carlo Montanaro and published by John Libbey Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An era has ended. After one hundred and twenty-five years, a change has taken place in cinemas. The thousands of figures formed by silver and coloured pigments can no longer be viewed through transparent film, instead, everything has become digital, compressed, virtual and built into the rapid alternation of millions (hopefully, for quality's sake) of dots, or pixels within a very neat and minuscule grid. But projection is just the last link in a chain that is transforming the most direct language invented by humanity over the centuries. The other links – shooting, editing, special effects, re-elaboration and sound reproduction – have by now undergone radical transformations that have often signified progress. Perhaps, it is worth the trouble, then, having accepted this transformation-revolution once and for all, to understand where we started out from, how cinematographic language was born and how its grammar first and later its syntax evolved thanks to technological development. Without lightweight equipment for sound recording, sensitive emulsions, portable and compact lighting, it would not have been possible, at the end of the 50s, for example, to create identifiable "currents" of experimentation and concept under such titles as free cinema or nouvelle vague, which were largely based on footage from life and no longer reconstructed in the studio. That which filmmakers today can achieve even more effectively thanks to a range of digital technologies, paradoxically, involves working with even more-minimal equipment such as a smartphone in front of green or blue screens, against absolutely virtual backgrounds. In short: no more silver and more and more pixels.

Silver Screen Fiend

Author : Patton Oswalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451673221
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen Fiend written by Patton Oswalt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol or sex: it was film. After moving to L.A., Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and new releases at the New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Patton's life schoolbook, informing his notion of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships. Set in the nascent days of L.A.'s alternative comedy scene, Oswalt's memoir chronicles his journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective and a cast of now-notable young comedians supporting him all along the way"--

Silver Screen

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942084013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using her iPhone, Tama Hochbaum (born 1953) grabs TV screenshots of classic movies favored by her mother, who died in February of 2012. Silver Screen traces her mother's legacy in a blend of visual technologies: celluloid transmitted via broadcast and rendered digitally, the TV screen and the ubiquitous iPhone. Tama Hochbaum is an artist/photographer living in Chapel Hill. Originally from New York, she received her BA from Brandeis University in Fine Arts and was awarded upon graduation a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship to study printmaking at Atelier 17 in Paris. She received her MFA in Painting from Queens College in NYC. She worked as a painter for 20 years before turning to photography. She has exhibited extensively in the Triangle including an exhibition entitled Silver Screen in July and Augustof 2014 at Daylight Project Space in Hillsborough, NC. A solo exhibition of her work entitled Silver Screen: Dancers was mounted in February of 2015 in San Francisco at George Lawson Gallery. Her work was included at the Miami/Basel Art Fair in December of 2014 and 2012 and was included at the PhotoLA fair in January of 2014, all with George Lawson Gallery.

3D Movie Making

Author : Bernard Mendiburu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0240811372
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book 3D Movie Making written by Bernard Mendiburu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood is going 3D, readers learn how to adapt their production skills to this hot new medium so they can be part of the movement.

Silver Screen

Author : Justina Robson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333754375
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen written by Justina Robson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading the Silver Screen

Author : Thomas C. Foster
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062113402
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Silver Screen written by Thomas C. Foster and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film. No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we’re being exhilarated and terrified, our minds are also processing data of all sorts—visual, linguistic, auditory, spatial—to collaborate in the construction of meaning. Thomas C. Foster’s Reading the Silver Screen will show movie buffs, students of film, and even aspiring screenwriters and directors how to transition from merely being viewers to becoming accomplished readers of this great medium. Beginning with the grammar of film, Foster demonstrates how every art form has a grammar, a set of practices and if-then propositions that amount to rules. He goes on to explain how the language of film enables movies to communicate the purpose behind their stories and the messages they are striving to convey to audiences by following and occasionally breaking these rules. Using the investigative approach readers love in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster examines this grammar of film through various classic and current movies both foreign and domestic, with special recourse to the “AFI 100 Years-100 Movies” lists. The categories are idiosyncratic yet revealing. In Reading the Silver Screen, readers will gain the expertise and confidence to glean all they can from the movies they love.

Cinematography

Author : Patrick Keating
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813563518
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Cinematography written by Patrick Keating and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a film come to look the way it does? And what influence does the look of a film have on our reaction to it? The role of cinematography, as both a science and an art, is often forgotten in the chatter about acting, directing, and budgets. The successful cinematographer must have a keen creative eye, as well as expert knowledge about the constantly expanding array of new camera, film, and lighting technologies. Without these skills at a director’s disposal, most movies quickly fade from memory. Cinematography focuses on the highlights of this art and provides the first comprehensive overview of how the field has rapidly evolved, from the early silent film era to the digital imagery of today. The essays in this volume introduce us to the visual conventions of the Hollywood style, explaining how these first arose and how they have subsequently been challenged by alternative aesthetics. In order to frame this fascinating history, the contributors employ a series of questions about technology (how did new technology shape cinematography?), authorship (can a cinematographer develop styles and themes over the course of a career?), and classicism (how should cinematographers use new technology in light of past practice?). Taking us from the hand-cranked cameras of the silent era to the digital devices used today, the collection of original essays explores how the art of cinematography has been influenced not only by technological advances, but also by trends in the movie industry, from the rise of big-budget blockbusters to the spread of indie films. The book also reveals the people behind the camera, profiling numerous acclaimed cinematographers from James Wong Howe to Roger Deakins. Lavishly illustrated with over 50 indelible images from landmark films, Cinematography offers a provocative behind-the-scenes look at the profession and a stirring celebration of the art form. Anyone who reads this history will come away with a fresh eye for what appears on the screen because of what happens behind it.

Martial Culture, Silver Screen

Author : Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080717470X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Martial Culture, Silver Screen written by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martial Culture, Silver Screen analyzes war movies, one of the most popular genres in American cinema, for what they reveal about the narratives and ideologies that shape U.S. national identity. Edited by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and Matthew E. Stanley, this volume explores the extent to which the motion picture industry, particularly Hollywood, has played an outsized role in the construction and evolution of American self-definition. Moving chronologically, eleven essays highlight cinematic versions of military and cultural conflicts spanning from the American Revolution to the War on Terror. Each focuses on a selection of films about a specific war or historical period, often foregrounding recent productions that remain understudied in the critical literature on cinema, history, and cultural memory. Scrutinizing cinema through the lens of nationalism and its “invention of tradition,” Martial Culture, Silver Screen considers how movies possess the power to frame ideologies, provide social coherence, betray collective neuroses and fears, construct narratives of victimhood or heroism, forge communities of remembrance, and cement tradition and convention. Hollywood war films routinely present broad, identifiable narratives—such as that of the rugged pioneer or the “good war”—through which filmmakers invent representations of the past, establishing narratives that advance discrete social and political functions in the present. As a result, cinematic versions of wartime conflicts condition and reinforce popular understandings of American national character as it relates to violence, individualism, democracy, militarism, capitalism, masculinity, race, class, and empire. Approaching war movies as identity-forging apparatuses and tools of social power, Martial Culture, Silver Screen lays bare how cinematic versions of warfare have helped define for audiences what it means to be American.

Silver Screen Saucers

Author : Robbie Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910121115
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen Saucers written by Robbie Graham and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More so than any other medium, cinema has shaped our expectations of potential alien life and visitation. From The Day the Earth Stood Still and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, to Battleship, Prometheus and beyond, our hopes and fears of alien contact have been fuelled by the silver screen. But what messages does Hollywood impart to us about our possible otherworldly neighbours, from where do UFO movies draw their inspiration, and what other factors - cultural or conspiratorial - might influence their production and content? Silver Screen Saucers is a timely and revealing examination of the interplay between Hollywood's UFO movies and the UFO phenomenon itself, from 1950 to present day. The book grants the reader a rare, close-up examination of the DNA that builds our perceptions of the UFO mystery: one strand of this DNA weaves real events, stories and people from the historical record of UFOlogy, while the other spins and twists with the film and TV products they have inspired. With our alien dreams and nightmares now more fully visualized onscreen than ever before, Silver Screen Saucers asks the question: what does it all mean? Are all UFO stories just fever dreams from LA screenwriters, or are they based in something else? Could any of them be real and are they part of a bigger message? From interviews with screenwriters and directors whose visions have been shaped by their lifelong UFO obsessions; to Presidents Carter and Reagan talking aliens with Spielberg at the White House; to CIA and Pentagon manipulation of UFO-themed productions; to movie stars and producers being stalked by real Men in Black, Silver Screen Saucers provides fresh perspective on the frequently debated but little understood subject of UFOs & Hollywood. The book addresses questions such as: Does Hollywood fuel the UFO mythos, or vice versa? In other words, are our beliefs about alien visitation shaped by UFO movies, or are UFO movies shaped by our beliefs about alien visitation? Do Hollywood's UFO movies fictionalize the UFO phenomenon in the public mind, actualize it, or both? If and when humanity makes full and open contact with an unearthly intelligence, would we, as cinemagoers, be able to divorce Hollywood's historical imaginings from the reality with which we are presented? Indeed... Should we? After all, a great deal of Hollywood's UFO movie content has been closely informed by supposedly factual UFOlogical literature, events and debates. Perhaps, then, there is more truth to be found in Hollywood's UFO movies than we might imagine - which raises the question: Just how has so much dense UFOlogical theory (by its very nature 'fringe' and subcultural) managed find its way into Hollywood's populist science fiction narratives? Is Hollywood's incorporation of UFO lore attributable to a "Hollywood UFO conspiracy" designed to acclimate us to a UFO/alien reality, or is it merely the result of a natural cultural process? Silver Screen Saucers is bursting with ideas and information that will excite and intrigue any reader with a passing or serious interest in UFOs and/or science-fiction cinema."

Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret

Author : Hunter Vaughan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231544154
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret written by Hunter Vaughan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the most part escaped criticism and regulation. Its practices are more diffuse; its final product, less tangible; and Hollywood has adopted public-relations strategies that portray it as environmentally conscious. In Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret, Hunter Vaughan offers a new history of the movies from an environmental perspective, arguing that how we make and consume films has serious ecological consequences. Bringing together environmental humanities, science communication, and social ethics, Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is a pathbreaking consideration of the film industry’s environmental impact that examines how our cultural prioritization of spectacle has distracted us from its material consequences and natural-resource use. Vaughan examines the environmental effects of filmmaking from Hollywood classics to the digital era, considering how popular screen media shapes and reflects our understanding of the natural world. He recounts the production histories of major blockbusters—Gone with the Wind, Singin’ in the Rain, Twister, and Avatar—situating them in the contexts of the development of the film industry, popular environmentalism, and the proliferation of digital technologies. Emphasizing the materiality of media, Vaughan interweaves details of the hidden environmental consequences of specific filmmaking practices, from water use to server farms, within a larger critical portrait of social perceptions and valuations of the natural world.

Indian Silver Screen

Author : Dr. Paramveer Singh
Publisher : K.K. Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Silver Screen written by Dr. Paramveer Singh and published by K.K. Publications. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Silver Screen Television in India has been a medium of entertainment as well as social and economic awareness. It was started under government control as a medium of social awareness, but now this medium has become an industry. There was a time when Doordarshan was the only channel on television in India, but today, hundreds of channels broadcast programs day and night. In India today, there are many channels based on sports, news, film, documentary, and music. There was a time when television programs could be viewed only through television sets, but today, through devices such as computers, laptops, and mobiles, viewers can watch their favorite programs at their convenient location, and time. The main objective of this book written on Indian television is to make students aware of the history and status of Indian television. The book begins with the story of the introduction of television in various countries. It describes the development of television in Britain, America, Australia, China, Africa, and other countries of the continent of Asia. After this, the early experiments, projects, and history and current status of television in India are told. Many of the chapters in the book are about the major television business groups in India that have deep penetration into the Indian television industry. The book also introduces programs that have become famous in India, which have proved to be milestones in Indian television history and reached heights of popularity. Apart from this, the book describes the laws of India which have been implemented to control the television industry. A chapter in the book is written about various television broadcasting techniques practiced in the country. Apart from this, there is a chapter about Direct to Home, which tells the story of the development of DTH in India. Television rating points determine the popularity of television channels and programs. The book introduces various agencies and institutions that determine TRP in India. In addition to this, the history of television journalism in India has also been discussed. A chapter about television journalism in various languages of India such as Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, and Assamese is described in detail. The last chapter of the book discusses various international television channels that are broadcasting in India.

Silver Screen, Sacred Story

Author : Michael G. Bausch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996295
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen, Sacred Story written by Michael G. Bausch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our culture has undergone a major shift: younger generations have less and less interest in the printed word as they become predominantly image oriented. In response, as congregations increasingly learn to be more sophisticated in using newer electronic technologies, they are finding themselves at different places in the quest to understand, acquire, manage, and benefit from the technology boom. Worship leaders in congregations already using some electronic media are realizing that they could be doing more with it, and are seeking new ideas. Congregational leaders scrambling to catch up with a worship committee that has decided it's time for a change aren't sure of the next steps. Or maybe there's been a gift to the congregation to be spent on electronics, and no one is quite sure how best to use the money. Michael Bausch's book grows out of several years' of conversation, personal experimentation, and experience with multimedia worship in one modest-sized, small-town church, while also drawing on the experiences and work of other churches learning to use electronic media in worship. Bausch balances concern for practical issues, such as finances and architecture, with attention to theological integrity and the challenges of sustaining media-enhanced worship. He skillfully shows how the artistic resources of the world around us can enhance our awareness of God's presence in worship.

Engineering Drafting and Solid Modeling with Silverscreen

Author : Yen-Ching Pao
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849344718
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Engineering Drafting and Solid Modeling with Silverscreen written by Yen-Ching Pao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering Drafting and Solid Modeling with SilverScreen® is a comprehensive textbook that covers fundamental concepts of technical drafting and solid modeling. Computerized drafting using SilverScreen is emphasized throughout the text and includes topics such as lines, polygons, circles, spline and Bezier curves, fillet, chamfer, and dimensioning. Over 200 illustrations and 140 homework problems are included, in addition to appendices featuring basic drafting rules and principal SilverScreen menus, commands and other arrangements. The solid modeling portion of the book succinctly describes how 3-D curves and objects can be generated, in addition to how 2-D drawing can be used to sweep linearly, circularly, or spirally into a 3-D solid. Boolean manipulations are discussed for making 3-D composite solids. The book emphasizes the power of SilverScreen for dimensioning through hidden-line removal, shading, color and pattern fills, and changing the light source. Engineering Drafting and Solid Modeling with SilverScreen also discusses how to combine the use of SilverScreen with programs written in BASIC and C languages for solid modeling. Many examples are provided to illustrate this versatile approach. With so many practical features, this book is an excellent text for students taking courses in computer-aided design, finite element analysis, and engineering graphics. It will also be a valuable tool for anyone who uses SilverScreen in their day-to-day work.

Silver Screen Buddha

Author : Sharon A. Suh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474217842
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen Buddha written by Sharon A. Suh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do contemporary films depict Buddhists and Buddhism? What aspects of the Buddhist tradition are these films keeping from our view? By repeatedly romanticizing the meditating monk, what kinds of Buddhisms and Buddhists are missing in these films and why? Silver Screen Buddha is the first book to explore the intersecting representations of Buddhism, race, and gender in contemporary films. Sharon A. Suh examines the cinematic encounter with Buddhism that has flourished in Asia and in the West in the past century – from images of Shangri-La in Frank Capra's 1937 Lost Horizon to Kim Ki-Duk's 2003 international box office success Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring. The book helps readers see that representations of Buddhism in Asia and in the West are fraught with political, gendered, and racist undertones. Silver Screen Buddha draws significant attention to ordinary lay Buddhism, a form of the tradition given little play in popular film. By uncovering the differences between a fictionalized, commodified, and exoticized Buddhism, Silver Screen Buddha brings to light expressions of the tradition that highlight laity and women, on the one hand, and Asian and Asian Americans, on the other. Suh engages in a re-visioning of Buddhism that expands the popular understanding of the tradition, moving from the dominance of meditating monks to the everyday world of raced, gendered, and embodied lay Buddhists.

Behind the Scenes at the BBFC

Author : Edward Lamberti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838714480
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Scenes at the BBFC written by Edward Lamberti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official history of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) draws on unprecedented access to the BBFC's archives to trace 100 years of film classification, with contributions from leading film critics and historians and case studies of controversial films such as Battleship Potemkin and A Clockwork Orange.

Streaming

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813142180
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Streaming written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are now accessible at the click of a button, and there are no reels, tapes, or discs to store. Any film or show worth keeping may be collected in the virtual cloud and accessed at will through services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant. The movies have changed, and we are changing with them. The ways we communicate, receive information, travel, and socialize have all been revolutionized. In Streaming, Wheeler Winston Dixon reveals the positive and negative consequences of the transition to digital formatting and distribution, exploring the ways in which digital cinema has altered contemporary filmmaking and our culture. Many industry professionals and audience members feel that the new format fundamentally alters the art, while others laud the liberation of the moving image from the "imperfect" medium of film, asserting that it is both inevitable and desirable. Dixon argues that the change is neither good nor bad; it's simply a fact. Hollywood has embraced digital production and distribution because it is easier, faster, and cheaper, but the displacement of older technology will not come without controversy. This groundbreaking book illuminates the challenges of preserving media in the digital age and explores what stands to be lost, from the rich hues of traditional film stocks to the classic movies that are not profitable enough to offer in streaming formats. Dixon also investigates the financial challenges of the new distribution model, the incorporation of new content such as webisodes, and the issue of ownership in an age when companies have the power to pull purchased items from consumer devices at their own discretion. Streaming touches on every aspect of the shift to digital production and distribution. It explains not only how the new technology is affecting movies, music, books, and games, but also how instant access is permanently changing the habits of viewers and influencing our culture.

Editing and Special/Visual Effects

Author : Charlie Keil
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813570832
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Editing and Special/Visual Effects written by Charlie Keil and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day. Editing and Special/Visual Effects brings together a diverse range of film scholars who trace how the arts of editing and effects have evolved in tandem. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate how these two crafts have been integral to cinematic history, starting with the “trick films” of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicing in or editing out key frames, all the way up to cutting-edge effects technologies and concealed edits used to create the illusions. Throughout, readers learn about a variety of filmmaking techniques, from classic Hollywood’s rear projection and matte shots to the fast cuts and wall-to-wall CGI of the contemporary blockbuster. In addition to providing a rich historical overview, Editing and Special/Visual Effects supplies multiple perspectives on these twinned crafts, introducing readers to the analog and digital tools used in each craft, showing the impact of changes in the film industry, and giving the reader a new appreciation for the processes of artistic collaboration they involve.