From Grain to Pixel: The Archival Life of Film in Transition: 1 (Framing Film) - Softcover

Fossati, Giovanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9089641394 ISBN 13: 9789089641397

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Digital Archiving|Pixel

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Review:

"Giovanna Fossati does more than simply give the most thoughtful, thorough and up-to-date account of the transformation in motion picture archiving over the last decades. She forces us to reconsider the nature of the moving image and prepare for a new era of communication and preservation."--Tom Gunning, University of Chicago

"Scholarly research on film and media is profoundly influenced by the way in which moving images are preserved and made accessible for scrutiny. This fact alone should make Giovanna Fossati's book mandatory reading for all graduate courses in the field."--Paolo Cherchi Usai, Haghefilm Foundation

From the Back Cover:

Het bewegende beeld bevindt zich in een overgangsperiode waarin analoge (fotochemische) film geleidelijk vervangen wordt door digitale film. Deze overgang heeft niet alleen diepgaande invloed op filmproductie en -distributie, maar ook op de manier van archiveren van film en de theoretische conceptualisering van dit medium. Van digitale archieven wo

About this edition

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9089641394
• ISBN 13: 9789089641397
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320