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

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

About the author

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.

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