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21st-Century Hollywood : Movies in the Era of Transformation / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Wheeler Winston Dixon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) : 20 photographsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813551241
  • 9780813551982
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430973
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Digital Century -- Chapter Two: Constructing an Audience -- Chapter Three: The Globalization of the Moving Image -- Chapter Four: The New Auteurs -- Chapter Five: The Moving Image Is Everywhere -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors
Summary: They are shot on high-definition digital cameras-with computer-generated effects added in postproduction-and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptop, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century-the product of digital technologies that have revolutionized media production, content distribution, and the experience of moviegoing itself. 21st-Century Hollywood introduces readers to these global transformations and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema. It offers clear, concise explanations of a major paradigm shift that continues to reshape our relationship to the moving image. Filled with numerous detailed examples, the book will both educate and entertain film students and movie fans alike.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Digital Century -- Chapter Two: Constructing an Audience -- Chapter Three: The Globalization of the Moving Image -- Chapter Four: The New Auteurs -- Chapter Five: The Moving Image Is Everywhere -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors

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They are shot on high-definition digital cameras-with computer-generated effects added in postproduction-and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptop, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century-the product of digital technologies that have revolutionized media production, content distribution, and the experience of moviegoing itself. 21st-Century Hollywood introduces readers to these global transformations and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema. It offers clear, concise explanations of a major paradigm shift that continues to reshape our relationship to the moving image. Filled with numerous detailed examples, the book will both educate and entertain film students and movie fans alike.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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