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Cinematic Digital Television: Negotiating the Nexus of Production, Reception and Aesthetics

Cinematic Digital Television: Negotiating the Nexus of Production, Reception and Aesthetics

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Chris Comerford's book explores cinematic digital television as an artistic classification and an academic object of study, highlighting the shifts in definitions of previously understood media forms. It examines the forms and aesthetics of television, production standards, and the agency of audiences, using case studies of key TV shows to illustrate these shifts. It is an essential reading for scholars and students of media and television studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 20 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


The evolution of television as an artistic and informative medium has brought about significant changes in the aesthetic quality of the programs we consume. This book explores these shifts, along with the contemporary debates and critical theories surrounding them, providing a comprehensive examination of the forms and aesthetics of television, the production standards influencing streaming television, and the agency of audiences. Through case studies of key TV shows such as Twin Peaks: The Return, WandaVision, Hacks, and Russian Doll, Comerford illustrates how these shifts have impacted the narrative screen media landscape and the classifications we use to navigate it. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of media and television studies, offering a timely and insightful consideration of the changing landscape of television.

The growth of television as an artistic,informative medium has given rise to shifts in the aesthetic style of the programmes we watch,and this book outlines these shifts along with the contemporary debates and critical theory surrounding them. Comerford looks at the forms and aesthetics of television,the production standards influencing streaming television and the agency of audiences,and provides case studies of key TV shows illustrating these shifts,including Twin Peaks: The Return , WandaVision , Hacks and Russian Doll . Navigating the levels of production and reception in cinematic digital television,the book uses film-inspired TV as a lightning rod for understanding our narrative screen media landscape and the classifications we use to negotiate it.

As an essential reading for both scholars and students of media and television studies,this book provides a much-needed consideration of the changing landscape of television.

Weight: 322g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367775254

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