Visible fictions : cinema, television, video / John Ellis.

Ellis questions the assumption that cinema and television are interchangeable media. He sees cinema and broadcast TV not as competitive media, but as distinct forms, able to play interdependent social roles.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Ellis, John, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Edition:Rev. ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Visible fictions
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Preliminaries
  • Part I Cinema
  • 2 Cinema as cultural event
  • 3 Cinema as image and sound
  • 4 Cinema narration
  • 5 The cinema spectator
  • 6 Stars as a cinematic phenomenon
  • Part II Broadcast TV
  • 7 Broadcast TV as cultural form
  • 8 Broadcast TV as sound and image
  • 9 Broadcast TV narration
  • 10 The broadcast TV viewer
  • Part III The institutions of cinema and broadcast TV
  • 11 The current situation
  • 12 The organisation of film production
  • 13 The dominance of the Hollywood film
  • 14 The organisation of broadcast TV production
  • 15 Cinema and broadcast TV together
  • 16 Beyond the Hollywood film: British independent cinema
  • 17 Postface (1992)
  • Films and programmes cited
  • Cinema films
  • Broadcast TV productions
  • Select bibliography
  • 1 Preliminaries
  • 2 Cinema as cultural event
  • 3 Cinema as image and sound
  • 4 Cinema narration
  • 5 The cinema spectator
  • 6 Stars as a cinematic phenomenon
  • 7 Broadcast TV as cultural form
  • 8 Broadcast TV as sound and image
  • 9 Broadcast TV narration
  • 10 The broadcast TV viewer
  • 11 The current situation
  • 12 The organisation of film production
  • 13 The dominance of the Hollywood film
  • 14 The organisation of broadcast TV production
  • 15 Cinema and broadcast TV together
  • 16 Beyond the Hollywood film
  • Further reading.