| New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image Contributor(s): Willis, Holly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1904764258 ISBN-13: 9781904764250 Publisher: Wallflower Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: "New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image" tracks the evolution of contemporary cinema as it intersects with the formerly separate realms of film-making, video art, music video, animation, print design and live club events to create an avant-garde for the new millennium. Building on the premise that we are witnessing the most extensive reworking of the role of images since the inauguration of cinema, due to the advent of desktop film-making tools. The book opens with an investigation of digital cinema and its contribution to innovations in the feature film format. While examining animation/live action hybrids, the gritty aesthetic of the Dogme ninety-five film-makers, the explosions of frames within frames and the evolution of the 'ambient narrative' film. The book then moves on to explore the creation of new genres and moving image experiences. What we know as 'cinema' explodes beyond the confines of the movie theatre and television screen into new venues and formats. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Art | Digital - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| Series: Short Cuts (Wallflower) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.06" W x 7.86" (0.47 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This introduction to contemporary digital cinema tracks its intersection with video art, music video, animation, print design and live club events to create an avant-garde for the new millennium. It begins by investigating digital cinema and its contribution to innovations in the feature-film format, examining animation and live-action hybrids, the gritty aesthetic of the Dogme 95 filmmakers, the explosions of frames within frames and the evolution of the 'ambient narrative' film. This study then looks at the creation of new genres and moving-image experiences as what we know as 'cinema' enters new venues and formats. |