{"product_id":"9781501308659","title":"Beyond the Screen : Emerging Cinema and Engaging Audiences","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sarah Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRunner-up for the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Best Book Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Screen \u003c\/i\u003epresents an expanded conceptualization of cinema which encompasses the myriad ways film can be experienced in a digitally networked society where the auditorium is now just one location amongst many in which audiences can encounter and engage with films. The book includes considerations of mobile, web, social media and live cinema through numerous examples and case studies of recent and near-future developments. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough analyses of narrative, text, process, apparatus and audience this book traces the metamorphosis of an emerging cinema and maps the new spaces of spectatorship which are currently challenging what it means to be cinematic in a digitally networked era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This  is a thought-provoking and fascinating book for all those engaged in  navigating and understanding emerging and expanded forms of 'cinema'.  We're faced daily by a dizzying new media landscape, to be sure, and  Atkinson shows us some compelling ways through it which usefully draw  and build on existing film studies conceptualisations.” —\u003ci\u003eCatherine Grant, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sussex, UK, and editor of REFRAME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e  offers a fascinating and insightful study into the way that technology  is changing the relationship between moving image and audience and how  these changes are reshaping the very meaning of cinema. Combining  historical, narratological, industrial and audience research of case  studies ranging from major studio releases to experimental mobile films  and ARGs, Atkinson's book offers essential reading for anyone wanting to  understand what cinema is becoming.” —\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Evans, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Nottingham University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Screen \u003c\/i\u003eis a welcome and refreshing investigation of the art form we call \u003ci\u003ecinema. \u003c\/i\u003eHowever,   this century-old form of screen-based storytelling has vaulted over  the  antiquated definitions of it that we have customarily used, and Dr.   Atkinson examines the new world of cinema in all of its many forms.  She  investigates transmedia storytelling, audience sourced stories,  stories  told on iPads and many other emerging genres. To help the  reader grasp  the various concepts she discusses, she not only works out  a new grammar  for the field but also offers numerous case histories,  some of which  might already be known to the reader but a number of  which are sure to  be unfamiliar but fascinating.” —\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Handler Miller, author of Digital Storytelling, Third Edition: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501308659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40623909404878,"sku":"9781501308659","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9a716dff-366e-4b88-a63c-7855dca3787a.jpg?v=1638580998","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501308659","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}