Moving Image Technology From Zoetrope to Digital

by Leo Enticknap

This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The author explains scientific, technical and engineering concepts clearly, using language that can be understood by non-scientists. Enticknap Integrates a discussion of traditional film-based technologies with the impact of emerging 'new media' technologies such as digital video, e-cinema and the Internet. This is a book designed for students with some technological knowledge studying the humanities who have an interest in becoming better versed in moving image technology.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Reference

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Leo Enticknap is Lecturer in Cinema at the Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Formerly a projectionist and film archive curator, his research focuses principally on archival film preservation and restoration, moving image technologies more generally and British non-fiction film before 1950.

Reviews

[Fin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall this felt like a good overview but some parts haven't aged as well as others. Enticknap from 2004 was very confident about how digital wouldn't replace film and how 3D was just a fad.

[Michele Beacham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of moving image technology history, also delving a bit into archival practices.