Description
Book SynopsisConsiders how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking's analogue era. In the process, this book raises provocative questions about the status of realism in a pixel-generated digital medium whose scenes often defy the laws of physics.
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
“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
"Recommended."— Choice
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
