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Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; HOME EQUIPMENT; HOME EXHIBITION; PRESERVATION OF FILMS; CRITERION COLLECTION; MANGA; BROOKER, WILL; AROSTEGUY, SUSAN; LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2001); LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2002); LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2003); FIGHT CLUB (US, David Fincher, 1999)
Contents: A DVD edition of Velvet Light Trap. Index follows:; -- Introduction.; -- Craig Hight - Making-of documentaries on DVD: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Special Editions.; -- Nathan Carroll - Unwrapping archives: DVD Restoration Demonstrations and the markteting of authenticity.; -- Bradley Schauer - The Criterion Collection in the New Home Video Market: An interview with Susan Arosteguy.; -- Derek Johnson - Star Wars fans, DVD, and cultural ownership: an interview with Will Brooker.; -- Laurie Cubbison - Anime Fans, DVDs, and the authentic text.; -- James Kendrick - Aspect ratios and Joe Six-Packs: home theatre enthusiasts' battle to legitimze the DVD experience.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON
Summary: An overview of the DVD in Australia and it's popularity. Mentions the popularity of special features and director's cuts of films which make the DVD a very attractive option for consumers.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Special features are another factor that have catapulted DVD ahead of VHS tape..."In purchase-intent research, 84 per cent of respondents indicated special features are worth spending extra money for," Grant says. "When offered a single-disc feature-only option, 61 per cent indicated that they were interested only in owning the film"

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Williams, Fiona; Hull, David
Subject: CONFERENCE AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE CONVENTION 2005; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: -- How various people involved in the film industry describe why audiences at cinemas are falling. DVD's aren't to blame they say.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: 386.5 KLI
Author: Klinger, Barbara
Source: US
Place: Berkeley
Publisher: University of California Press
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: xii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject: CABLE TV; DVD, FILMS ON; HOME EXHIBITION; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA; PRIVATE CINEMAS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Summary: "Since the mid-1980s, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theatersm yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex. This is the first full-length study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media - from cable television and VHS to DVD and the Internet - shape our encounters with the movies and affect the aesthetic, cultural, and ideological definitions of cinema. Barbara Klinger explores topics such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in U.S. households. Balancing industry history with theoretical and cultural analysis, she finds that today's cinema's powerful social presence cannot be fully grasped without considering its prolific recycling in post-theatrical venues - especially the home."--BOOK BLURB
Notes: Formerly CIP.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index
ISBN: 9780520245860
Contents: The new media aristocrats: home theater and the film experience -- The contemporary cinephile: film collecting after the VCR -- Remembrance of films past: cable television and classic Hollywood cinema -- Once is not enough: the functions and pleasures of repeat viewings -- To infinity and beyond: the Web short, parody, and remediation -- Conclusion: of fortresses and film cultures

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Zion, Lawrie
Subject: AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; ZECCOLA, ANTONIO; COULTER, PAUL; KIELY, CHRIS
Summary: The global slump in box office returns has cinema owners and film distributors worried. Some speculation is that the downturn is due to the rise of DVD, home entertainment systems, and other recreational devices (ipods), coupled with the tightening of the film to dvd to pay tv release window. There is some talk that the older multiplex cinemas are in need of upgrading as they may no longer be up to standard for a modern cinemagoing audience.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (put date - 14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Lots of stats (too many to list here)

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Tadros, Edmund
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; SONY CORPORATION; DISTRIBUTION; SEQUELS
Summary: Trend of studios 'cashing in' on a box-office success by making "low-cost home-viewing sequels. A number of films are mentioned, as well as the burgeoning DVD market in comparision with box office revenue.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Domenic Remond: Marketing Director Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - "It's for the rental market, for people who come in every week, and they need new product" - Budget's for straight-to-DVD sequels at Sony would "probably be about a quarter of the original's budget" - "when you run the numbers it makes more sense to us to take a strong product and take it direct to video"; -- List of Straight to Video sequels include a lot of Disney animation and newer flicks - Cruel Intentions 2, Cruel Intentions 3, Wild Things 2, Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, American Pie Presents Band Camp

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bryden-Brown, Sarah
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; STANOJCIC, BILJANA
Summary: Another good early DVD article, notable for Biljana Stanojcic's (Marketing Manager Columbia TriStar) explanations on why DVD became huge.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Biljana Stanojcic- Marketing Manager Columbia TriStar - Heaps of good quotes. Interesting one was on the DVD's in rental store. - "Stanojcic explains that by removing the high fees paid by the video stores for exclusibity, the stores have been more willing to stock DVDs. "Hannibal, for example, will cost the video retailer $50 to $60 per video. They pay this premium because it means the title won't be on sale for another six months and so they get exclusivity and can make their money back with hires. To stimulate the DVD market, we wholesale to the video store at around $27. They don't get exclusivity but they can sell copies.""

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Thompson, Erica
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON; LIONS GATE; MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: Very comprehensive article on Magna Pacific and how they are trying to hold off take over by Lionsgate. Plenty of material on the DVD sales market. Mentions changes in DVD price in Australia.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Lots of quotes but this is probably the best: Magna, run by chief executive Allan Radley, is Australia's largest independent DVD distributor, but 86 least 86 per cent of the market is controlled by big operators such as Roadshow, 20th Century Fox and Buena Vista.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Brammall, Bruce
Subject: NEWS CORPORATION; DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: News Corp posting large profits. Rupert Murdoch talks about the growth area of DVD sales.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Strong DVD and home video sales of the moview DareDevil and TV shows MASH, Buffy and The Simpsons led the stronger sales for News's filmed entertainment division."; -- "Mr Murdoch...said the quarter had got off to a promising start with successful DVD and video releases of Bend it Like Beckham and 28 Days Later."; -- "DVD sales are already huge in the US, so News Corp is turning its attention to Australia, Britain, Japan, and France, where consumers are hungry for DVDs of their favourite for DVDs of their favourite films and TV shows. "The growth of penetration of DVD players both in the US and in the rest of the world is quite incredible," Mr Murdoch said yesterday. "It's got a long, long way to go.""

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Griffiths, Peter
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. EUROPE; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; DVD FORUM; GARETON, MARC
Summary: The growth of DVD in Australia. How DVD releases in Australia correspond with Europe and therefore costs are shared in relation to authoring.; -- Marc Gareton (Managing Director - Warner Home Video) "In 2001 I beleive we will sell more DVD to the consumer than VHS," he concludes. "We will have created a market the size of the VHS market in three-and-a-half-years, and that speed of success has never been known to new technology."; -- Lots of stats provided by Colombia Tristar.; -- Over 100,000 DVD plauers amd 210,000 DVD-ROM players have been installed in Australian homes. The former is expected to increase to over 250,000 by Christmas 2000.; -- Almost 1000 titles are currently available on the AUstralian market. The projected number of titles by Christmas 2000 is over 2500.
Notes: accessed from: Encore Magazine. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 June 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Maddox, Garry
Subject: CINEMAS. AUSTRALIA. SHOWCASE CITY; DVD, FILMS ON; GOUMAS, THEO; ENTWISTLE, ROSS; WALTERS, DARIN
Summary: The growth of DVD in Australia and how that is impacting on cinemas. Exhibitors have mixed feelings on how the DVD boom on whether its positive or negative.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "The latest figures show the number of DVDs being sold - largely movies - jumped from 10.7 million in 2001 to 38.3 million last year. Revenue to distributors went from $243 million to almost $800 million. And the proportion of households with a DVD player leapt from 12 per cent to an estimated 55 per cent to 60 per cent.; -- Further evidence is the success of many sequels this year, which suggests audiences are seeing the original on DVD then heading to the cinemas for the next installment. Shrek 2 took $50 million compared with Shrek's $32 million. The Bourne Supremacy has taken $15.6 million so far compared with predecessor The Bourne Identity $12.9 million.

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DVD, FILMS ON; HOME EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA
Summary: An in-depth look at the growth of DVD popularity in Australia. Lots of useful facts here!
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bodey, Michael
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; RELEASE PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTION. EUROPE; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; CINEMAS. UK; CINEMAS. GERMANY
Summary: Problems between DVD distributors and cinema chains in UK and Germany where distributors are pushing to release new films on DVD to increase sells. Cinemas are against move fearing cuts in their box office revenues. Lists previous suggestions of how films and DVD's can be released at the same time.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Mention of Kenny - "...was out on DVD 14 weeks after release, while still screening in cinemas, to cash in on the lucrative Christmas market"; -- Wait of film onto DVD - "The best we'll get is a four month wait"; -- "As David Denby recently noted in The New Yorker, in crude terms, the theatres can be seen as a branding device and a stimulant to DVD sales."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Zion, Lawrie
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; WIDE-SCREEN; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; WARNER BROS.; BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL; COLUMBIA TRISTAR; GARRA, MICHELE; PEARL HARBOR (US, Michael Bay, 2001)
Summary: Very in depth article on DVDs in Australia and how distributors release different types of DVD in Australia compared to the USA. The author questions whether there is any value in bonus discs. A debate on whether DVD should be sent to rental in a 'vanilla' version and then sold months later with extra discs.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: Too many look at here.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: BOX OFFICE; DVD, FILMS ON; PERLMAN, JOEL; SANDS, IAN; SARFATY, MARK
Summary: Various cinema owners and distributors discuss the global downturn of box office in 2005.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Schulze, Jane
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION; VILLAGE ROADSHOW; PIRACY. AUSTRALIA; BECKER GROUP
Summary: In depth article on the growth of DVDs. All companies mentioned here recorded extra profits due to DVD sales. Plenty of info to chew over!
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "Macquaire Equities has estimated that 36 per cent of the earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) reported by News's film division in 2002 came from DVD sales and believes "this is likely to grow dramatically in the next few years".; -- Peter Chernin - COO News Corp. "We are still around the 50 per cent penetration of US households in DVDs -- it's still a very fast growing consumer product. ANd I think we're still somewhere in the high teens/low 20 per cent penetration of DVDs internationally, so we feel confident there's still a lot of growth left in the whole category."; -- Simon Bush, Chief Exec. Australian Visual Software Distributors Association - "It took the industry a bit by suprise because the home entertainment arms of the movie houses have traditionally been the poor cousins..."; -- Brendan Lyons - Media Analyst Goldman Sachs. "The sale of TV shows on DVD has also been a major plus for Fox Film. This is especially the case for older series (The Simpsons/X-Files), which would have little cost allocation against them." But Mr Lyons also believes highly popular film DVDs will dampen future TV ratings of those films. "Consumers will only watchh a film a certain number of times, irrespective of the medium," he said."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Connors, Emma
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. AUSTRALIA; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; BLOCKBUSTERS; AUSTRALIA 2000s
Summary: Blockbuster titles push DVD sales in Australia up in 2006. Very stats based article on DVD sales increase.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: 65.2 million titles worth 1.02 billion sold. Only 1% sales VHS DVD sales up 14 % whilst revenue up 15% on 2005 TV series made 26% of total sales Broadening of retail sales from mass retail to petrol stations Impact of rental online services suggested with sales to rentals up 22% but revenue up 5% No expectation that online channels will impact on DVD in 2007. Films Mentioned: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Pirates of the Carribean Ice Age 2 Kenny (as independent success) TV mentioned House Little Britain

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Idato, Michael
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; LUCAS, GEORGE
Summary: About the success of the Star Wars Trilogy, in particular the release of versions of the film series on DVD.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "More than half of Australia's homes have DVD players and the format has become more important to the big studios than cinema. More than half of the revenue from US films comes from DVD sales and rentals, and the retail market for DVD software is expected to top $1.2 billion this year, according to Colombia TriStar."

Call No: 701 FIL
Author: Bennett, James; Brown, Tom
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2009
PhysDes: viii, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE CINEMA; DIGITAL PROJECTION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; DVD, FILMS ON
Summary: Brings together a group of internationally renowned scholars to provide the first focused academic inquiry into this important technology. The book picks up on key issues within contemporary media studies, making a particularly significant contribution to debates about convergence and interactivity in the digital media landscape. Essays consider DVD as a technology that exists outside the boundaries of new and old media, examining its place within longer histories of home film cultures and production practices of the film and television industries, whilst also critically evaluating what is genuinely new about digital media technologies. From DVDs to downloading, peer-to-peer networking and HD-DVD, this book speaks of the rapidly evolving digital mediascape. Ultimately, Film and Television After DVD is a book that considers the convergence of film, television and new media and their academic disciplines through the DVD as a distinct cultural object, pointing to persistent questions in the study of audiovisual culture that will remain intriguing long after the shelf-life of the DVD itself.
Notes: First published in 2008; includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780415878340

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Frew, Wendy
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; POLLAK, ALEX
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "But the real money these blockbusters generate is not at the box office but in DVD sales"; -- "So far, most sales are of new release movies. That has created an extra revenue stram for film studios and one with huge potential as more people buy DVD players and as other material such as television shows, children's shows and music become popular in DVD format."; -- ""DVD is a significant new revenue window and I don't think the market has worked that out yet," Macquarie Equities analyst Alex Pollak said. "It is a new way of consuming movies...in five years' time there will be more DVDs on American bookshelves than books.""; -- "...for every $US8.6 million taken in opening box office receipts, a studio will sell 1 million DVDs."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bodey, Michael
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; LURHMANN, BAZ; SHREK (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson, 2001); GLADIATOR (US, Ridley Scott, 2000)
Summary: Sums up the explosive growth of DVD in the early 2000's. Mentions of how old blockbusters are very slow to be released on new DVD format. Lots of stats for films like Shrek and Gladiator.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Ros Wilson - Gen Mgr Roadshow Home Entertainment - "The interesting thing about the Australian market is if you go 'day and date' (release for sale the same day as rental copies are released), your uptake is enormous," says Wilson. "That's what's making it work here".; -- "Wilson notes that even a film such as The Wedding Planner can expect sales of 50,000."; -- Wayne Borg - Mg Dir Universal Pictures - "But those that enter the market can excel. Universal's Borg expects Shrek top be another DVD release that outperforms its cinema box office. And this despite a mere 10 to 15 per cent penetration of DVD players in Australian households."

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: De Lisle, Tim
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION. DVD; FOOTBALL FACTORY, THE (UK, Nick Love, 2004)
Summary: A detailed look at how DVD is becoming more and more popular with studios looking at DVD sales as becoming a more and more important stream of revenue. Looks at the distribution details of the film The Football Factory.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- "everybody's looking for a franchise".; -- ""Extras are believed to loom large in our purchasing decisions"

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Maddox, Garry
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. NEW ZEALAND
Summary: The difficulties country cinemas might face due to the DVD boom. Stats used to say that this will be a problem looks at NZ cinema.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Walsh, Liam
Subject: MAGNA PACIFIC HOLDINGS; DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; RADLEY, ALLAN
Summary: Magna Pacific's large growth in profit and revenue for the fiscal year of 2004.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- Magna's business includes acquiring and sitributing films and TV as well as supplying DVDs abd videos to rental and retail outlets like K-Mart.; -- A ballooning DVD market and niche sector success had driven the result, Magna managing director Allan Radley said. "Eighteen months ago we weren't in children's products at all. . . (it earned) $6 million-plus this financial year" he said.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Bordwell, David
Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; NARRATIVE IN FILMS
Summary: The author argues that DVD has changed the ways films have been made, however the narraitve function remains the same even though the DVD technology easily allows for non-linear viewing.
Notes: accessed from: davidbordwell.net. (May 15, 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Zion, Lawrie
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; BOX OFFICE; AUSTRALIAN FILM FINANCE CORPORATION. FUNDING APPROVALS; BLACK SHEEP (NZ, Jonathan King, 2006)
Summary: A number of tibits here but evidence that whilst box office is down, revenue is up for studios by 9per cent for studio produced films. This rise is mainly due to rise in DVD sales of 14per cent is US and 46per cent in the rest of the world.
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Fenech, Stephen
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DVD, TV SHOWS ON; MUSIC FOR DVD; HOME EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA
Summary: In depth article on the growth of DVD popularity in Australia. Lots of useful stats!
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).
Quotations: -- a few versions of this article appear in other News Corp papers. This seems to be the definitive version.

Call No: 735.22 BER
Author: Bernard, Mark.
Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: ix, 213 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject: HORROR FILMS. USA; DVD, FILMS ON; ROTH, ELI; WAN, JAMES; ZOMBIE, ROB; AJA, ALEXANDRE; SAW (US, James Wan, 2004); HOSTEL (US, Eli Roth, 2005); HOSTEL: PART II (US, Eli Roth, 2007); HAUTE TENSION (FR / IT, Alexandre Aja, 2003)
Summary: Selling the Splat Pack unravels the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the ‘Splat Pack’, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, Mark Bernard proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. This book includes an overview of the history of the American horror film from an industry studies perspective, an analysis of how the DVD market influenced the production of American horror films, and an examination of films from Splat Pack members such as Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, James Wan, and Alexandre Aja. By re-examining the history of the American horror film from a business perspective and exploring how DVD influenced the production of American horror films in the early twenty-first century, this thought-provoking book provides students and scholars in Film Studies with an alternative perspective on the Splat Pack
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780748685493
Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Industrial Context of the Splat Pack -- 1.Introducing the Splat Pack -- 2.Politics and the horror film: an industry studies intervention -- 3.The DVD revolution and the horror film, take one: from trash to art to collectable -- 4.The DVD revolution and the horror film, take two: rise of the 'Unrated' -- pt. II The Splat Pack on DVD -- 5.Text, subtext and the story of the film: Eli Roth's Hostel and Hostel: Part II on DVD -- 6.The 'white trash' world of Rob Zombie: class, collecting and slumming spectators -- 7.Seriality, subjectivity and new media: consuming the Saw series -- 8.Scars, both material and cyber: Haute Tension and The Descent on DVD.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION. DVD
Summary: Good general article at the start of the DVD boom that highllights the strenghts of the DVD in many facets (incl space in retail). Not Australian focused but useful anyways.
Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). ; -- sourced from The Economist.

Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER
Author: Paatsch, Leigh
Subject: DVD, FILMS ON; DISTRIBUTION; STARS; AESTHETICS
Summary: Speculation on part of the author on how the drop in box office might be countered as thinks that it could be a "brave new world of watching."
Notes: accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007).