Description
Book SynopsisStephen Prince offers a clear, concise account of how digital cinema both extends longstanding traditions of filmmaking and challenges fundamental assumptions about film. In the process, he raises provocative questions about the emergence of virtual reality, the future of film preservation, and the status of realism in digital cinema.
Trade Review"Stephen Prince's
Digital Cinema is essential reading for anyone interested in the implications of the digital revolution for storytelling in the moving image media. This book—at once sophisticated and accessible—is by far the best introduction to the topic." -- Carl Plantinga * author of Screen Stories: Emotion and the Ethics of Engagement *
"This illuminating, lucid, and deeply informative book should be essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the present, past, and future of cinema in the digital age." -- Lisa Bode * author of Making Believe: Screen Performance and Special Effects in Popular Cinema *
"Recommended." * Choice *
“The book’s greatest strength is its ability to distil a significant amount of existing scholarship on digital cinema to jargon free and accessible language. Prince illuminates his points through numerous examples, ranging from film sequences, filmmaking software, techniques and technology, to media in general.” * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Cinema as Construction: Then and Now
2. Reasons for Realism
3. Cheating Physics
4. Beyond Cinema
5. Everywhere and Nowhere
Further Reading
Works Cited
Index
