On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies - Brossura

Tryon, Chuck

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ISBN 10: 0813561094 ISBN 13: 9780813561097

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

The movie industry is changing rapidly, due in part to the adoption of digital technologies. Distributors now send films to theaters electronically. Consumers can purchase or rent movies instantly online and then watch them on their high-definition televisions, their laptops, or even their cell phones. Meanwhile, social media technologies allow independent filmmakers to raise money and sell their movies directly to the public. All of these changes contribute to an “on-demand culture,” a shift that is radically altering film culture and contributing to a much more personalized viewing experience.

Chuck Tryon offers a compelling introduction to a world in which movies have become digital files. He navigates the complexities of digital delivery to show how new modes of access—online streaming services like YouTube or Netflix, digital downloads at iTunes, the popular Redbox DVD kiosks in grocery stores, and movie theaters offering digital projection of such 3-D movies as Avatar—are redefining how audiences obtain and consume motion picture entertainment. Tryon also tracks the reinvention of independent movies and film festivals by enterprising artists who have built their own fundraising and distribution models online.

Unique in its focus on the effects of digital technologies on movie distribution,On-Demand Culture offers a corrective to address the rapid changes in the film industry now that movies are available at the click of a button.

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L'autore:

CHUCK TRYON is an assistant professor in the English department at Fayetteville State University. He is the author ofReinventing Cinema: Movies in the Age of Media Convergence (Rutgers University Press) and has written forScreen, the Journal of Film and Video, Popular Communications, and the Canadian Journal of Film Studies.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0813561094
• ISBN 13: 9780813561097
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 218