Inventing the movies
Subtitle: Hollywood's epic battle between innovation and the status quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs
By: by Scott Kirsner
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: CinemaTech Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781438209999
Subjects: Motion picture industry; History; Motion pictures; Technological innovations; Cinematography; Digital cinematography; Digital video; Cinéma; Innovations; Cinéma numérique; Vidéo numérique; USA Filmindustrin; Hollywood
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 206).
Table of contents: title: Inventing the movies; title: 'Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?'; title: How television led to smell-o-vision; title: Befriending the Boston strangler; title: From shotguns to software; title: Movie editors' slow cross-fade; title: Digital cinema pioneers; title: 'Agreeing on the weather'; title: Filming without film; title: Coming to terms with the net; title: Imagining the future.