Contents

The End of Celluloid: Film futures in the digital age

Table of contents

Introduction: From reality to illusion

1. Capturing the unnatural
   – supernatural, psychological and everyday horror
   
2. The next level
   – cinema as game. Computer game-influenced realities in film
   
3. Recording reality
   – the digital revitalisation of documentaries
   
4. Player Vs Spectator
   - game as cinema (FMV, cinematics and machinima)
   
5. The dark corner
   – digital visions on the margins
   
6. Accelerated cinema
   – the influence of music video direction
   
7. Quick on the draw
   – the rise of animation
   
8. The Eternal Gaze
   – the future of audiovisual consumption
   
9. Acting Unreal
   
   • PART 1: egoless stars
     
   • PART 2: acting out history
   
   
10. Double vision
    – filmmaking for fun and profit
    
11. Against the grain
    – beyond video art: film as fine art
    
12. Return of the Epic
    – cinema’s last stand