TY - BOOK AU - Tryon,Chuck TI - Reinventing cinema: movies in the age of media convergence SN - 9780813545479 AV - PN 1993.5 T875r 2009 U1 - 791.430973 PY - 2009/// CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Motion pictures KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Cine KW - Estados Unidos KW - Historia KW - Siglo XX KW - 21st century KW - Digital media KW - Influence KW - Medios digitales KW - Motion picture industry KW - Technological innovations KW - Industria cinematográfica KW - Innovaciones tecnológicas KW - Digital cinematography KW - Cinematografía digital KW - Convergence (Telecommunication) KW - Convergencia (Telecomunicaciones) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The rise of the movie geek: DVD culture, cinematic knowledge, and the home viewer -- The screen is alive: digital effects and Internet culture in the 1990s cyberthriller -- Wall-to-wall color: moviegoing in the age of digital projection -- Desktop productions: digital distribution and public film cultures -- Toppling the gates: blogging as networked film criticism -- Hollywood remixed: movie trailer mashups, five-second movies, and film culture -- Conclusion N2 - For over a century, movies have played an important role in our lives, entertaining us, often provoking conversation and debate. Now, with the rise of digital cinema, audiences often encounter movies outside the theater and even outside the home. Traditional distribution models are challenged by new media entrepreneurs and independent film makers, usergenerated video, film blogs, mashups, downloads, and other expanding networks. Reinventing Cinema examines film culture at the turn of this century, at the precise moment when digital media are altering our historical relationship with the movies. Spanning multiple disciplines, Chuck Tryon addresses the interaction between production, distribution, and reception of films, television, and other new and emerging media.Through close readings of trade publications, DVD extras, public lectures by new media leaders, movie blogs, and YouTube videos, Tryon navigates the shift to digital cinema and examines how it is altering film and popular culture ER -