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book		Cinema in Australia : an industry profile / written and researched by Jock Given, Rosemary Curtis and Mary McCutcheon Hawthorn, Victoria: Swinburne University of Technology, June 2013. Call No: 301(94) GIV Author: Given, Jock; Curtis, Rosemary; McCutcheon, Mary CorpAuthor: Swinburne University of Technology Source: AT Place: Hawthorn, Victoria Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology PubDate: June 2013 PhysDes: 91 pages : colour graphs ; 30 cm Series: Spreading fictions : distributing stories in the online age Subject: BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; CINEMA MANAGEMENT. AUSTRALIA; DIGITAL BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; HOYTS; INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; INDEPENDENT EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PROJECTION Summary: Report looking at the business and storytelling processes of Australian cinema. This report is one component of a larger project, 'Spreading Fictions: Distributing Stories in the Online Age,' which considers the question, 'How do Australians get their audiovisual stories and how might they get them in the future?' Notes: Includes references ISBN: 9780987177278 More info
journal article		Continued growth of Entertainment Services, Brisbane : A company that sees no gloom for our industry in Australasian Cinema (11/3/1983) vol.12 iss.4 p.5 PhysDes: Article Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; EQUIPMENT; PROJECTION; PROJECTIONISTS; PROJECTS, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: Article on the success of Entertainment Services, a Brisbane based cinema equipment company. More info
journal article		Database economy and transnational cinema in Studies in Australasian cinema (2009) vol.3 iss.2 p.155-166 Author: Cubitt, Sean PhysDes: Article Subject: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. AUSTRALIA; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. NEW ZEALAND; DIGITAL PROJECTION; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND Summary: Digital or electronic cinemas are dependent on a global regime of standards covering such features as aspect ratios, colour gamuts, screen resolution and compression-decompression algorithms. These standards are worked out by a variety of intersecting organizations representing a variety of interests. This article argues that such standardization is isomorphic with the convergence of biopolitical and commodity forms in an emergent political economy that can be described as a database economy. This infrastructure of standards and ordering principles constitutes an actually existing transnational public sphere. The article discusses the possibilities for developing an alter-globalizing public sphere in digital cinemas, testing three possible avenues: cinemas of the silent majority, new modes of distribution and content-driven approaches. It concludes by asking whether vanguard practices of building new forms of cinema apparatus may be essential to the construction of alter-globalizing transnational cinemas. -- Abstract Notes: Part of a special issue on digital cinema in Australia and New Zealand More info
subject clippings file		DIGITAL PROJECTION Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: DIGITAL PROJECTION More info
book		Film and television after DVD / edited by James Bennett and Tom Brown Routledge, 2009. 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 More info
journal article		Film styles / 4 : the divided screen in Lumiere (September, 1972) iss.16 p.15-19 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: PROJECTION; PROJECTORS; HISTORY OF CINEMA; INDEPENDENT FILMS; BERESFORD, BRUCE; WOODSTOCK (US, Michael Wadleigh, 1970) Summary: Continuation of Bruce Beresford's exploration of experimental film techniques, this time discussing screens and projection Notes: Proceeding article by Max Taylor on Abel Gance (known for using similar screening techniques as those discussed by Beresford) continues pages 20-21 More info
journal article		Genius in the Shadows in Lumiere (September 1972) iss.16 p.20-21 Author: Taylor, Max PhysDes: Article Subject: GANCE, ABEL; INDUSTRY, FILM. FRANCE; NAPOLEON (FR, Abel Gance, 1927); PROJECTION Summary: Article on French filmmaker Abel Gance who did a lot of early experimentation with film projection, most famously with his triptych-projected film NAPOLEON. Notes: Article relates to Beresford's preceding article 'The Divided Screen', pp.14-19. More info
book		"Image" on the art and evolution of the film : photographs and articles from the magazine of the International Museum of Photography / edited by Marshall Deutelbaum New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Call No: 70"01" IMA Author: Deutelbaum, Marshall CorpAuthor: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; Image (Rochester, N.Y.) Place: New York Publisher: Dover Publications PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; PROJECTION; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; DENMARK; STILLS; NIELSEN, ASTA; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; SWEET, BLANCHE; KEYSTONE; LUBITSCH, ERNST; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; PICKFORD, MARY; BROOKS, LOUISE; PABST, GEORG WILHELM; TITLING; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; Keaton, Buster; LLOYD, HAROLD; HOWE, W.J.; MOHR, HAL; TERRY, ALICE; NOVARRO, RAMON; ANDERSON, BRONCHO BILLY; MIX, TOM; HART, WILLIAM S.; MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD; INCE, THOMAS HARPER; LONEDALE OPERATOR, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1911); WHITE ROSE, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1923); PAINTED LADY, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1912); CHAMBER MYSTERY, THE (US, Abraham S. Schomer, 1920); SMOULDERING FIRES (US, Clarence Brown, 1925); BUCHSE DER PANDORA, DIE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929); GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925); CROWD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1928) Notes: "Consists substantially of articles originally published in Image between 1952 and 1977."; Includes index ISBN: 048623777X : $8.95 LON: 1468042 More info
Old collection book		Life story of Thomas Alva Edison / by Francis Arthur Jones New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1931. Call No: 81EDI JON Author: Jones, Francis Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap PubDate: c1931 PhysDes: viii, 405 p. : illus. ; 21 cm Subject: EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; PROJECTION Language: English More info
book		Lipton on filmmaking / by Lenny Lipton ; edited by Chet Roaman New York: Simon and Schuster, c1979. Call No: 220 LIP Author: Lipton, Lenny, 1940; Roaman, Chet, 1939 Place: New York Publisher: Simon and Schuster PubDate: c1979 PhysDes: 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: EQUIPMENT; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS; SUPER-8 MM FILMS; 16 MM FILMS; 3-D FILMS; PROJECTION ISBN: 0671244272; 0671247913 (pbk.) LON: 1346106 More info
journal article		The Monster Behind You : By an Escaped Projectionist (Now in Hiding!) in Montage (September 1970) p.15-16 PhysDes: Article Subject: PROJECTION; CINEMAS; CINEMAS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Brief account of how films are projected, and the development of the technology. More info
book		Movie magic : the story of special effects in cinema / John Brosnan London: Abacus, 1977. Call No: 236 BRO Author: Brosnan, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Abacus PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 207 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: SPECIAL EFFECTS; HORROR FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; FANTASTIC FILMS; DISASTER FILMS; MODEL WORK; MONSTERS IN FILMS; WAR FILMS; ANIMATION; MONSTER DESIGN; MINIATURE WORK; OPTICAL EFFECTS; MATTES; FRONT PROJECTION; CINEMATOGRAPHY; HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY; MAKE-UP; SPLIT SCREEN; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE; STUNTS; CAMERAS; TRAVELLING MATTE; EXPLOSIONS IN FILMS; HARRYHAUSEN, RAY; PAL, GEORGE; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968); KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933); POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE (US, Ronald Neame, 1972) Notes: first published in Great Britain by Macdonald and Jane's 1974; Includes: Appendix with Academy Awards winners and nominees for Engineering Effects/Special Effects from 1927-8 to 1975-6; References; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects and Techniques ISBN: 0349103682 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Old collection book		Practical projection for teachers / by N. J. Atkinson London: Current Affairs Ltd, 1948. Call No: 5.03 ATK Author: Atkinson, N.J. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Current Affairs Ltd PubDate: 1948 PhysDes: viii, 119 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject: PROJECTION; PROJECTORS Notes: Includes index More info
book		Principles of cinematography : a handbook of motion picture technology / by Leslie J Wheeler; with foreword by I D Wratten London: Fountain Press, 1953. Call No: 23 WHE Author: Wheeler, Leslie J. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Fountain Press PubDate: 1953 PhysDes: 472 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: CINEMATOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; PROJECTION; SOUND; CAMERAS; STOCK Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Online resource digital clippings file		PROJECTION Digital clippings file available Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PROJECTION URL status: URL: 'http://file://Q:/S/PROJECTION.zip' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:11:42 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
journal article		Some digital answers in Movie Trader (Jun 1999) p.16 Author: Dobler, Christopher PhysDes: Article Subject: PROJECTION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Summary: Dobler discusses developments in the area of digital projection. More info
journal article		State of the art- a technical article for non-technical people in Australasian Cinema (16/9/1983) vol.12 iss.17 p.24 Author: Robbins, Ken PhysDes: Article Subject: EXHIBITION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PROJECTION Summary: Article on the importance of exhibitors having up-to-date equipment in their cinemas, something that the author believes is done well in Australia. More info
book		The super 8 film maker's handbook / Myron A. Matzkin New York: Focal Press, 1976. Call No: 22(07) MAT Author: Matzkin, Myron A Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Focal Press PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: x, 298 p. : ill ; 23 cm Subject: FILMMAKING; CAMERAS; SOUND EQUIPMENT; LIGHTING; EDITING; PROJECTION; ANIMATION; CLOSE-UPS; SPECIAL EFFECTS Summary: This comprehensive guide both to the technical and to the creative sides of modern Super 8 mm cinematography gives special emphasis to the hardware in use. [Taken from inside front cover.] ISBN: 024050755X Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The technique of motion picture production : a symposium of papers presented at the 51st semi-annual convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Hollywood, California / for the Society of Motion Picture Engineers New York: Interscience, 1944. Call No: 220 TEC CorpAuthor: Society of Motion Picture Engineers Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Interscience PubDate: 1944 PhysDes: viii, 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: CONFERENCES. USA; CINEMATOGRAPHY; EDITING; MUSIC IN FILMS; PROJECTION; SOUND REPRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; TECHNICOLOR Summary: Convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers Notes: Second printing : 1946 includes index Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		Two hundred years of knowledge in Australasian Cinema (18/6/1982) vol.11 iss.10 p.9 PhysDes: Article Subject: PROJECTION; PROJECTS, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PROJECTORS; HOYTS; SEVEN NETWORK Summary: Article on projection technology with three retired projectioners invited by Channel 7 to view new projection technology. More info
book		Working in Hollywood / Alexandra Brouwer and Thomas Lee Wright New York: Crown Publishers, c1990. Call No: 22(73) BRO Author: Brouwer, Alexandra; Wright, Thomas Lee Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Crown Publishers PubDate: c1990 PhysDes: xii, 546 pages ; 25 cm Subject: ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; ANIMALS IN FILMS; ART DIRECTION; CAMERAS; CASTING; CHOREOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPOSERS; COSTUME DESIGNERS; DIRECTION; DISTRIBUTION; EDITING; EXHIBITION; FINANCING; LAW AND THE CINEMA; LOCATION HUNTING; LOCATION SHOOTING; MAKE-UP ARTISTS; MUSIC IN FILMS; POST-PRODUCTION; PRE-PRODUCTION; PRODUCERS; PRODUCING; PRODUCTION; PROJECTION; SCRIPTWRITING; SET DESIGNING; SOUND; SPECIAL EFFECTS; STUNTS Summary: "Now appearing for the first time ever: WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD, the definitive book that reveals how major movie studios are made, fromn the first glimmer of an idea to the final cut, to sales and marketing. Here is moviemaking told in the words of the people who do it: the deal makers, directors, artists, craftspeople, technicians, and executives." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0517574012; 9780517574010 Donation: Simon Wincer Contents: 1. The helmsmen -- 2. The deal -- 3. The guardians -- 4. The money -- 5. The talent -- 6. The look -- 7. The artists -- 8. The movers -- 9. The camera -- 10. The print -- 11. The magicians -- 12. The sound -- 13. The fury -- 14. The salesmen -- More info

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