Veni, vidi, video : the Hollywood empire and the VCR

Title
  1. Veni, vidi, video : the Hollywood empire and the VCR / Frederick Wasser.
Published by
  1. Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Author
  1. Wasser, Frederick.

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Description
  1. x, 245 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Chronicles the rise of home video as a mass medium and the changes it has caused throughout the film industry since the mid-1970s.
Series statement
  1. Texas film and media studies series
Uniform title
  1. Texas film and media studies series.
Subject
  1. Video recordings
  2. Video recordings industry
  3. video recordings (physical artifacts)
  4. Video recordings
  5. Video recordings industry
  6. Video
  7. Filmwirtschaft
  8. Filmindustrie
  9. Video
  10. Hollywood (Calif.)
  11. USA
  12. Los Angeles- Hollywood
Genre/Form
  1. video recordings (physical artifacts)
  2. Video recordings
  3. Video recordings.
  4. Vidéos.
Contents
  1. Introduction : signs of the time -- The American film industry before video -- The American film industry and video -- The political economy of distribution -- Video and the audience -- Structure of the study -- pt. 1. Film distribution and home viewing before the VCR -- From universal audiences to feature-length films -- Movies at home -- Tiered releasing -- Broadcasting : the other entertainment medium -- Postwar film exhibition -- Distributing films to smaller audiences -- Television advertising and Jaws : marketing the shark wide and deep -- ch. 2. The development of video recording -- Broadcast networks and recording technology -- Television and recording -- Home video 1 : playback-only systems -- Home video 2 : Japanese recorder system development -- ch. 3. Home video : the early years -- Choice, "harried" leisure, and new technologies -- The emergence of cable -- The universal lawsuit -- VCR and subversion -- X-rated cassettes -- The majors start video distribution -- Videotape pricing -- ch. 4. The years of independence : 1981-1986 -- Independence on the cusp of video -- New companies get into video business -- Hollywood tries to control rentals -- Video, theater, and cable -- Pre-selling/pre-buying -- Video and new genres -- Vestron's video publishing -- Conclusion -- ch. 5. Video becomes big business -- The development of two-tiered pricing -- The new movie theater -- Microeconomics 1 : overview -- Microeconomics 2 : rental -- Video and other commodities -- Retailing consolidation -- Breadth versus depth -- Video advertising -- Video and revenue streams -- Production increase -- More money, same product -- ch. 6. Consolidation and shakeouts -- High concept -- Disney comes back on-line -- The majors hold the line on production expansion -- Vestron responds -- The fate of pre-selling and the mini-majors -- LIVE, Miramax, and New Line -- Conclusion -- ch. 7. The lessons of the video revolution -- Media industries after the VCR -- Home video and changes in the form of film -- Images of audience time -- A philosophic view of film and audience -- Whither the mass audience?
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-235) and index.