Using new media technologies to transform German film
Subtitle: a study in the proliferation of communication genres
By: Margit Grieb ; with a foreword by Nora M. Alter
Contributors: Alter, Nora M., 1962-
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780773429192
Subjects: Motion pictures; Convergence (Telecommunication); Influence; Digital media; Motion picture industry; Digital cinematography; Technological innovations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: New media in theory and practice. The epic theater stage; title: The lehrstuck and schaustuck meet technology; title: Building on Brecht: interaction, participation, and vergnugen; title: Hypermediation; title: Brechtian theory and recent developments in the public sphere; title: Conclusion: Brecht after Brecht-continuations and transgressions; title: Television, video and film. Wim Wenders: visions and revisions; title: Wim Wenders, digital guru; title: Until the end of the world or how to split HD from tv; title: Video recording as an act of violence; title: Kluges fernsehen? other voices in television; title: Recording the past and future on video and film; title: Conclusion: 3-D, the new old frontier; title: Videogames and film. Run Lara run: reinventing popular appeal; title: Films and games: a winning combination?; title: Conquering space through speed; title: The quest for narrative; title: Superweib or superwoman?; title: Conclusion: popular cinema and reflections on originality; title: Distribution, storage, restoration and film; title: Films on CD-ROM: Valie Export's medial anagrams; title: Intersections of feminism and technology; title: The interface as mise-en-abyme; title: Laserdisc paves way for DVD-video and blu-ray; title: Making films special: packaging and marketing; title: Setting the mood: the DVD-video interface and blu-ray menu; title: Conclusion: film and cinema: toward an expanded definition.