Multimedia histories
Subtitle: from the magic lantern to the internet
By: edited by James Lyons and John Plunkett.
Contributors: Lyons, James, 1972-; Plunkett, John, 1974-
Series: Exeter studies in film history
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Exeter, Devon, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780859897730; 9780859897723
Subjects: Mass media and technology -- History; Digital media; Cinematography -- History; Projectors -- History; Digital cinematography; Motion pictures -- History; Visual sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Toys, instruments, machines: why the hardware matters / Ian Christie; title: 'The suppleness of everyday life': CGI, the Lumières, and perception after photography / Damian Sutton; title: 'Wouldn't you rather be at home?': electronic media and the anti-urban impulse / William Boddy; title: Breaking the time barrier with John Cage / Charlie Gere; title: From the album page to the computer screen: collecting photographs at home / Patrizia Di Bello; title: The return of curiosity: the world wide web as curiosity museum / Michelle Henning; title: From android to synthespian: the performance of artificial life / Dan North; title: As seen on TV: kinaesthetic crossover and the animation of social dance pedagogy / Jonathan Bollen; title: Depth, colour, movement: embodied vision and the stereoscope / John Plunkett; title: Penny Gaffs and picture theatres: popular perceptions of Britain's first cinemas / Andrew Shail; title: From museum to interactive television: organizing the navigable space of natural-history display / James Bennett; title: Imaginary spaces: user participation in networked narrative environments / Andrea Zapp; title: 'The lady of shalott': optical elegy / Isabel Armstrong; title: Photographed tableaux and motion-picture aesthetics: Alexander Black's picture plays / Kaveh Askari; title: DVDs, video games and the cinema of interactions / Richard Grusin; title: From 'Nip/tuck' to cut/paste : remediating cosmetic surgery / James Lyons.