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Veni, Vidi, Video - The Hollywood Empire and the Vcr

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Informationen zum Autor Frederick Wasser is Professor of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College. As a freelancer in the Hollywood film and television industry, he witnessed the rise of home video throughout its first decade. Klappentext Chronicles the rise of home video as a mass medium. Zusammenfassung Chronicles the rise of home video as a mass medium. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Signs of the Time; The American Film Industry before Video Chapter 1: Film Distribution and Home Viewing before the VCR; Chapter 2: The Development of Video Recording; Chapter 3: Home Video: The Early Years; Chapter 4: The Years of Independence: 1981-1986; Chapter 5: Video Becomes Big Business; Chapter 6: Consolidation and Shakeouts; Chapter 7: The Lessons of the Video Revolution

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Signs of the Time
    • The American Film Industry before Video
    • The American Film Industry and Video
    • The Political Economy of Distribution
    • Video and the Audience
    • Structure of the Study
  • Chapter 1: Film Distribution and Home Viewing before the VCR
    • A Brief Review of the Early Days of the Movie Industry
    • From Universal Audiences to Feature-Length Films
    • Movies at Home
    • Tiered Releasing
    • Broadcasting: The Other Entertainment Medium
    • Postwar Film Exhibition
    • Distributing Films to Smaller Audiences
    • Television Advertising and Jaws: Marketing the Shark Wide and Deep
  • Chapter 2: The Development of Video Recording
    • Broadcast Networks and Recording Technology
    • Television and Recording
    • Home Video 1: Playback-only Systems
    • Home Video 2: Japanese Recorder System Development
  • Chapter 3: Home Video: The Early Years
    • Choice, "Harried" Leisure, and New Technologies
    • The Emergence of Cable
    • The Universal Lawsuit
    • VCR and Subversion
    • X-rated Cassettes
    • The Majors Start Video Distribution
    • Videotape Pricing
    • Renting
  • Chapter 4: The Years of Independence: 1981-1986
    • Independence on the Cusp of Video
    • New Companies Get into Video Business
    • Hollywood Tries to Control Rentals
    • Video, Theater, and Cable
    • Pre-Selling/Pre-Buying
    • Video and New Genres
    • Vestron's Video Publishing
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Video Becomes Big Business
    • The Development of Two-Tiered Pricing
    • The New Movie Theater
    • Microeconomics 1: Overview
    • Microeconomics 2: Rental
    • Video and Other Commodities
    • Retailing Consolidation
    • Breadth versus Depth
    • Video Advertising
    • Video and Revenue Streams
    • Production Increase
    • More Money, Same Product
  • Chapter 6: Consolidation and Shakeouts
    • High Concept
    • Disney Comes Back On-line
    • The Majors Hold the Line on Production Expansion
    • Vestron Responds
    • The Fate of Pre-Selling and the Mini-Majors
    • LIVE, Miramax, and New Line
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: The Lessons of the Video Revolution
    • Media Industries after the VCR
    • Home Video and Changes in the Form of Film
    • Images of Audience Time
    • A Philosophic View of Film and Audience
    • Whither the Mass Audience?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index


Product details

Authors Frederick Wasser
Publisher University Of Texas Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2002
 
EAN 9780292791466
ISBN 978-0-292-79146-6
No. of pages 270
Series Texas Film and Media Studies Series
Texas Film and Media Studies S
University of Texas Press
Texas Film and Media Studies Series
Texas Film and Media Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society

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