Digital Disruption: Cinema Moves On-line: new book from St Andrews Film Studies

From: Alexander Marlow-Mann <[email protected]>

Important new book examines the impact of the internet and digital technology on film distribution...

DIGITAL DISRUPTION: CINEMA MOVES ON-LINE

edited by
Dina Iordanova and Stuart Cunningham

Digital Disruption is available in the following formats:
Paperback: £13.99 (ISBN: 978-0-9563730-7-6)
Hardback:  £35.00 (ISBN: 978-0-9563730-9-0)
Kindle:          £9.99 (ISBN: 978-1-908437-00-6)

For more information or to order, visit: http://stafs.org

Table of Contents

Digital Disruption
Dina Iordanova, Digital Disruption: Technological Innovation and Global Film Circulation
Stuart Cunningham and Jon Silver, On-line Film Distribution: Its History and Global Complexion
Michael Gubbins, Digital Revolution: Active Audiences and Fragmented Consumption
Michael Franklin, Internet-enabled Dissemination: Managing Uncertainty in the Film Value Chain
Marijke De Valck, Convergence, Digitisation and the Future of Film Festivals

Cinema Moves On-line
Jon Silver, Stuart Cunningham, Mark David Ryan, Mission Unreachable: How Jaman Is Shaping the Future of On-line Distribution
Alex Fischer, 'IMDb Helps Me Sleep at Night': How a Simple Database Changed the World of Film
Alex Fischer, 'The Fully Clickable Submission': How Withoutabox Captured the Hearts and Minds of Film Festivals Everywhere
Spotlight on MUBI: Two Interviews with Efe Cakarel, Founder and CEO of MUBI, talking to Paul Fileri and Ruby Cheung,
Ben Slater, 'What Do You Do with What You See?': Patterns and Uses of Cinéphilia, Then and Now

Resources
Timeline - On-line Distribution of Feature Films
A Selection of (Mostly Legal) VOD and On-line Content Providers
Comparative Internet Rankings: 40 International On-line Movies-on-demand Sites
Comparative Deal Terms in 2009
Related Websites

What they said about Digital Disruption:

'It's hard to overstate the importance of this collection of essays. Ever since digital technology began to transform the media landscape, various self-appointed pundits - myself included - have been predicting the final outcome, with results that have ranged from a utopian belief that film is finally being democratised to various versions of the end-of-the-cinema-as-we-know-it scenario. Now, at last, we have what we needed: some rigorous academic thinking on the subject combined with detailed analysis of what exactly is going on in the fast-developing world of downloads, streaming video and Swedish pirates. The people who really need to read this book - the Hollywood studios - probably won't. But anyone else remotely interested in the future of cinema should do so.'
Nick Roddick, Sight & Sound's 'Mr Busy'

'Digital Disruption is a must read for all researchers and practitioners interested in the changing shape and circulation of filmed content. This book amounts to much more than the sum of its parts by addressing compelling and highly relevant areas of enquiry and employing fine research delivered in a transparent and accessible writing style. Digital Disruption enables the reader to leap onto a fast moving train without being knocked off balance by the rush of the wind. Highly recommended.'
Angus Finney, consultant and industry executive, Film Business Academy, London and author of The International Film Business: A Market Guide beyond Hollywood