Film and Television After Dvd

Film and Television after DVD argues that DVD technology is part of a shift that heralds a new age for film and television, critically examining the implications of DVD technology for key concerns within the fields of television, film and new media studies.

Introduction James Bennett (London Metropolitan University) & Tom Brown (University of Warwick) 1. DVD and home film cultures Professor Barbara Klinger (Indiana University) 2. Representing DVD as new technology Professor William Boddy (City Univerity of New York) 3. Seriality, Flow and televisual form: Television in DVD time James Bennett (London Metropolitan University) 4. A taste for leeches: DVDs, cultural hierarchies and queer consumption Glyn Davis (University of Bristol) 5. DVD of Attractions? The Lion King and the digital theme park Tom Brown (University of Warwick) 6. Re-Directing films: Authorship and the DVD Catherine Grant (University of Kent) 7. The purpose and practice of academic DVD commentaries In conversation with Professor Ginette Vincendeau (Kings College, London)& Caroline Millar (British Film Institute) 8. DVDs and the political economy of attention Jo T Smith (University of Auckland) 9.Prefiguring DVD bonus tracks: Making-ofs and behind-the-scenes as historic television programming strategies John T. Caldwell (UCLA) Notes Bibliography Index