Title: Using new media technologies to transform German film : a study in the proliferation of communication genres /
Authors: Grieb, Margit; Alter, Nora M., 1962-
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Motion pictures Germany History; Motion picture industry Technological innovations.; Convergence (Telecommunication); Digital cinematography; Digital media Influence.
Contents: Introduction -- New media in theory and practice. The epic theater stage -- The lehrstuck and schaustuck meet technology -- Building on Brecht: interaction, participation, and vergnugen -- Hypermediation -- Brechtian theory and recent developments in the public sphere -- Conclusion: Brecht after Brecht-continuations and transgressions -- Television, video and film. Wim Wenders: visions and revisions -- Wim Wenders, digital guru -- Until the end of the world or how to split HD from tv -- Video recording as an act of violence -- Kluges fernsehen? other voices in television -- Recording the past and future on video and film -- Conclusion: 3-D, the new old frontier -- Videogames and film. Run Lara run: reinventing popular appeal -- Films and games: a winning combination? -- Conquering space through speed -- The quest for narrative -- Superweib or superwoman? -- Conclusion: popular cinema and reflections on originality -- Distribution, storage, restoration and film -- Films on CD-ROM: Valie Export's medial anagrams -- Intersections of feminism and technology -- The interface as mise-en-abyme -- Laserdisc paves way for DVD-video and blu-ray -- Making films special: packaging and marketing -- Setting the mood: the DVD-video interface and blu-ray menu -- Conclusion: film and cinema: toward an expanded definition.