Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 276 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1780767366
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1780767374
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9781350988149
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9781780767369
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9781780767376
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9781786720962
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9781786730961
Series Statement:
International library of the moving image 23
Content:
Introduction : what is spectacular television? What is (tele)visual pleasure? -- Part I: Spectacular histories, spectacular technologies. Television comes to town : the spectacle of television at the mid-twentieth-century exhibition and beyond -- Spectacular colour? Reconsidering the launch of colour television in Britain -- Part II: Spectacular landscapes and the natural world : exploring beautiful television. At home on safari : colonial spectacle, domestic space and 1950s television -- Visual pleasure, natural history television and televisual beauty -- Television's landscapes, (tele)visual pleasure and the imagined elsewhere -- Part III: Spectacular bodies and (tele)visual pleasure. Fascinating bodies : looking inside television's somatic spectacle -- The erotics of television -- Conclusion : sites of wonder, sights of wonder.
Content:
In terms of visual impact, television has long been regarded as inferior to cinema. It has been characterised as sound-led, dull to look at and consumed by a distracted audience. Today, it is tempting to see the rise of HD and 3D as ushering in a new era of spectacular television. Yet since its earliest days, the medium has embraced spectacular content. Television has been positioned as a spectacular 'attraction' from the outset. In its early days, it was introduced to audiences in public; today, programmes are viewed on large HD screens at home accompanied by surround sound and special effects. In the 1950s and 1960s, the BBC beamed exotic colonial territories into British homes; more recently, documentaries such as The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet emphasise visual and aural pleasure as central to their mandate of public service. Countering the industry's intense focus on new technologies, Helen Wheatly charts the development of spectacular television across its history. Looking at lifestyle and makeover shows, costume dramas, televised sport, travel shows and ambitious natural history series, Helen Wheatley answers the questions: what is televisual pleasure, and how has television defined its own brand of spectacular aesthetics? At a time when the distinctions between television and cinema seem to be collapsing, this book fundamentally reconsiders what television is, putting questions of visual pleasure at the heart of its analysis
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-264) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350988149
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