21st-Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation - Hardcover

Dixon, Wheeler Winston; Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813551242 ISBN 13: 9780813551241

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2011

Synopsis

They are shot on high-definition digital cameras—with computer-generated effects added in postproduction—and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptop, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century—the product of digital technologies that have revolutionized media production, content distribution, and the experience of moviegoing itself.

21st-Century Hollywood introduces readers to these global transformations and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema. It offers clear, concise explanations of a major paradigm shift that continues to reshape our relationship to the moving image. Filled with numerous detailed examples, the book will both educate and entertain film students and movie fans alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska. He is author of over thirty volumes in film studies and cultural studies. His most recent book is Black and White Cinema: A Short History, from Rutgers University Press.Visit wheelerwinstondixon.com for more information on his many publications. Visit Dixon's "Frame by Frame" blog at blog.unl.edu/dixon/ for more.

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster is Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Foster is author of numerous books in the areas of film studies/cultural studies with books and articles on race, gender, and class, as well as film history and popular culture. Foster's most recent book is entitled Disruptive Feminisms: Raced, Gendered, and Classed Bodies in Film, published by Palgrave Macmillan.Visit gwendolynaudreyfoster.com for more information on Foster's publications.

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and Wheeler Winston Dixon are Series Editors for the Rutgers book Series, Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture.

Review:

"A significant and impressive work on the cutting edge of current critical discussion on the digitization of film...the sheer scope of Dixon and Foster's knowledge is dazzling." (Steven Shaviro author of Post-Cinematic Affect)

"The paradigm shift from analog to digital media has completely changed the way Hollywood produces and distributes its business. 21st-Century Hollywood presents a perfect snapshot of the new digital present." (Jan-Christopher Horak Director, UCLA Film & Television Archive)

"Dixon and Foster give readers an enjoyable, informative tour through popular productions and the business models and cultures that surround and impact them. The informal prose and diverse subject matter make this volume--in contract to a great deal of film criticism--appealing to a wide-range of audiences. Recommended."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0813551242
• ISBN 13: 9780813551241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232