Title: On video /
Authors: Armes, Roy.
Date: 1988
Publisher: Routledge,
Physical description: 230 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: Though video systems are now growing ever more accessible, and practical video work is undertaken at every level of education, this is the first book-length historical and theoretical study of the medium. On Video explores video on two levels: first, it examines the relationship between technology and society; and second, it probes the connection between production methods and the communication of meaning.
Contents: Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Introduction The need for a new perspective; VIDEO IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Early sound and image reproduction; The broadcast revolution; The impact of sound and video tape; VIDEO IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT; Social forms; Systems of production; Modes of address; VIDEO AS VIDEO; Aesthetics of video sound; Aesthetics of video image; Conclusion Video in the computer age; Bibliography; Index.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): History--Video recordings.; Motion pictures--History.; Television--History.; Video recordings--History.