Visible Fictions. Cinema. Television. Video

London/New York: Routledge, 1992. Paperback. Visible Fictions. In a revised edition of this unique work, now a standard text, the author combines an examination of the cinema and television industries with a detailed analysis of their developments in theory of narrative and the place of the spectator to re-explore his definition of cinema and broadcast TV as interdependent rather than interchangeable cultural forms, with their own very distict social roles. Ellis draws on his own experience as an independent television producer to examine subtle negotiations taking place in the face of satellite television and multiple channels. In a new chapter, he discusses the 'meaning-routines' fundamental to television broadcasting, and explores the legacy of the home video boom of the 1980s and the proliferation of television channels. Will this lead to a liberation of TV at the cost of a reduction in its cultural importance. This edition also includes a revised and expanded bibliography. Illustrated. 301 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Paperback.