Documentary in the Digital Age

Documentary in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9780240516882
ISBN-13 : 0240516885
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Documentary in the Digital Age by : Maxine Baker

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Radical Documentary and Global Crises

Radical Documentary and Global Crises
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9780253058027
ISBN-13 : 0253058023
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Documentary and Global Crises by : Ryan Watson

When independent filmmakers, activists, and amateurs document the struggle for rights, representation, and revolution, they instrumentalize images by advocating for a particular outcome. Ryan Watson calls this "militant evidence." In Radical Documentary and Global Crises, Watson centers the discussion on extreme conflict, such as the Iraq War, the occupation of Palestine, the war in Syria, mass incarceration in the United States, and child soldier conscription in the Congo. Under these conditions, artists and activists aspire to document, archive, witness, and testify. The result is a set of practices that turn documentary media toward a commitment to feature and privilege the media made by the people living through the terror. This footage is then combined with new digitally archived images, stories, and testimonials to impact specific social and political situations. Radical Documentary and Global Crises re-orients definitions of what a documentary is, how it functions, how it circulates, and how its effect is measured, arguing that militant evidence has the power to expose, to amass, and to adjudicate.

Cinema in the Digital Age

Cinema in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780231851183
ISBN-13 : 0231851189
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Cinema in the Digital Age by : Nicholas Rombes

Have digital technologies transformed cinema into a new art, or do they simply replicate and mimic analogue, film-based cinema? Newly revised and expanded to take the latest developments into account, Cinema in the Digital Age examines the fate of cinema in the wake of the digital revolution. Nicholas Rombes considers Festen (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Timecode (2000), Russian Ark (2002), and The Ring (2002), among others. Haunted by their analogue pasts, these films are interested not in digital purity but rather in imperfection and mistakes—blurry or pixilated images, shaky camera work, and other elements that remind viewers of the human behind the camera. With a new introduction and new material, this updated edition takes a fresh look at the historical and contemporary state of digital cinema. It pays special attention to the ways in which nostalgia for the look and feel of analogue disrupts the aesthetics of the digital image, as well as how recent films such as The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)—both shot digitally—have disguised and erased their digital foundations. The book also explores new possibilities for writing about and theorizing film, such as randomization.

Where Truth Lies

Where Truth Lies
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Publisher : University of California Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9780520300934
ISBN-13 : 0520300939
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Where Truth Lies by : Kris Fallon

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. This boldly original book traces the evolution of documentary film and photography as they migrated onto digital platforms during the first decades of the twenty-first century. Kris Fallon examines the emergence of several key media forms—social networking and crowdsourcing, video games and virtual environments, big data and data visualization—and demonstrates the formative influence of political conflict and the documentary film tradition on their evolution and cultural integration. Focusing on particular moments of political rupture, Fallon argues that the ideological rifts of the period inspired the adoption and adaptation of newly available technologies to encourage social mobilization and political action, a function performed for much of the previous century by independent documentary film. Positioning documentary film and digital media side by side in the political sphere, Fallon asserts that “truth” now lies in a new set of media forms and discursive practices that implicitly shape the documentation of everything from widespread cultural spectacles like wars and presidential elections to more invisible or isolated phenomena like the Abu Ghraib torture scandal or the “fake news” debates of 2016.

The Filmmaker's Handbook

The Filmmaker's Handbook
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 898
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ISBN-10 : 9780452297289
ISBN-13 : 0452297281
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The Filmmaker's Handbook by : Steven Ascher

The authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film. Whether you aspire to be a great filmmaker yourself or are looking for movie gifts, this comprehensive guide to filmmaking is the first step in turning a hobby into a career. Widely acknowledged as the “bible” of video and film production, and used in courses around the world, The Filmmaker’s Handbook is now updated with the latest advances in HD and digital formats. For students and teachers, professionals and novices, this indispensable handbook covers all aspects of movie making. • Techniques for making dramatic features, documentaries, corporate, broadcast, and experimental videos and films • Shooting with DSLRs, video, film, and digital cinema cameras • In-depth coverage of lenses, lighting, sound recording, editing, and mixing • Understanding HDR, RAW, Log, 4K, UHD, and other formats • The business aspects of funding and producing your project • Getting your movie shown in theaters, on television, streaming services, and online

Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age

Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822039391933
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age by : Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano

This book deliberates on the role of the transnational in bringing to the mainstream what were formerly marginal Japanese B movie genres.

Documentary in the Digital Age

Documentary in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9781136054266
ISBN-13 : 113605426X
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Documentary in the Digital Age by : Maxine Baker

If you want to learn from the leading lights of today's revolution in documentary filmmaking Maxine Baker has written the guide you need to own. You'll discover the many different and innovative approaches to documentary form and style arising from the use of innovative new technology. A tribute to the mavericks of creativity, inside you will find interviews and advice from groundbreaking documentary makers from the UK, USA and Europe as well as extensive listings of useful worldwide contacts and organisations. Any and every fan of the documentary will experience anew the passion and wonder of the Factual Film. Published review: "This is a must-have insight into modern documentary; the principles that govern it and the conventions it often breaks. It deserves a place on the shelves of film commissioners, film students and documentary consumers as prominent as the place these documentary filmmakers have carved for themselves on our screens." - www.shootingpeople.org

Cinephilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction

Cinephilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction
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Publisher : Wallflower Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105215152021
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Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Cinephilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction by : Scott Balcerzak

This title explores the increasing relevance of digital media in the consumption and analysis of film.

Visual Heritage in the Digital Age

Visual Heritage in the Digital Age
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9781447155355
ISBN-13 : 1447155351
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Visual Heritage in the Digital Age by : Eugene Ch'ng

Heritage is everywhere, and an understanding of our past is increasingly critical to the understanding of our contemporary cultural context and place in global society. Visual Heritage in the Digital Age presents the state-of-the-art in the application of digital technologies to heritage studies, with the chapters collectively demonstrating the ways in which current developments are liberating the study, conservation and management of the past. Digital approaches to heritage have developed significantly over recent decades in terms of both the quantity and range of applications. However, rather than merely improving and enriching the ways in which we understand and engage with the past, this technology is enabling us to do this in entirely new ways. The chapters contained within this volume present a broad range of technologies for capturing data (such as high-definition laser scanning survey and geophysical survey), modelling (including GIS, data fusion, agent-based modelling), and engaging with heritage through novel digital interfaces (mobile technologies and the use of multi-touch interfaces in public spaces). The case studies presented include sites, landscapes and buildings from across Europe, North and Central America, and collections relating to the ancient civilisations of the Middle East and North Africa. The chronological span is immense, extending from the end of the last ice age through to the twentieth century. These case studies reveal new ways of approaching heritage using digital tools, whether from the perspective of interrogating historical textual data, or through the applications of complexity theory and the modelling of agents and behaviours. Beyond the data itself, Visual Heritage in the Digital Age also presents fresh ways of thinking about digital heritage. It explores more theoretical perspectives concerning the role of digital data and the challenges that are presented in terms of its management and preservation.

Image Ethics in the Digital Age

Image Ethics in the Digital Age
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 081663825X
ISBN-13 : 9780816638253
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Image Ethics in the Digital Age by : Larry P. Gross

'Image Ethics in the Digital Age' brings together leading experts in the fields of journalism, media studies, & law to address the challenges presented by new technology & assess the implications for personal & societal values & behavior.