Author: Linda Harris Mehr
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Motion Pictures, Television and Radio
Author: Linda Harris Mehr
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Lee de Forest
Author: Mike Adams
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461404185
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The life-long inventor, Lee de Forest invented the three-element vacuum tube used between 1906 and 1916 as a detector, amplifier, and oscillator of radio waves. Beginning in 1918 he began to develop a light valve, a device for writing and reading sound using light patterns. While he received many patents for his process, he was initially ignored by the film industry. In order to promote and demonstrate his process he made several hundred sound short films, he rented space for their showing; he sold the tickets and did the publicity to gain audiences for his invention. Lee de Forest officially brought sound to film in 1919. Lee De Forest: King of Radio, Television, and Film is about both invention and early film making; de Forest as the scientist and producer, director, and writer of the content. This book tells the story of de Forest’s contribution in changing the history of film through the incorporation of sound. The text includes primary source historical material, U.S. patents and richly-illustrated photos of Lee de Forest’s experiments. Readers will greatly benefit from an understanding of the transition from silent to audio motion pictures, the impact this had on the scientific community and the popular culture, as well as the economics of the entertainment industry.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461404185
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The life-long inventor, Lee de Forest invented the three-element vacuum tube used between 1906 and 1916 as a detector, amplifier, and oscillator of radio waves. Beginning in 1918 he began to develop a light valve, a device for writing and reading sound using light patterns. While he received many patents for his process, he was initially ignored by the film industry. In order to promote and demonstrate his process he made several hundred sound short films, he rented space for their showing; he sold the tickets and did the publicity to gain audiences for his invention. Lee de Forest officially brought sound to film in 1919. Lee De Forest: King of Radio, Television, and Film is about both invention and early film making; de Forest as the scientist and producer, director, and writer of the content. This book tells the story of de Forest’s contribution in changing the history of film through the incorporation of sound. The text includes primary source historical material, U.S. patents and richly-illustrated photos of Lee de Forest’s experiments. Readers will greatly benefit from an understanding of the transition from silent to audio motion pictures, the impact this had on the scientific community and the popular culture, as well as the economics of the entertainment industry.
A Companion to the History of Science
Author: Bernard Lightman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119121140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the History of Science is a single volume companion that discusses the history of science as it is done today, providing a survey of the debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, with contributions from leading international scholars. Provides a single-volume overview of current scholarship in the history of science edited by one of the leading figures in the field Features forty essays by leading international scholars providing an overview of the key debates and developments in the history of science Reflects the shift towards deeper historical contextualization within the field Helps communicate and integrate perspectives from the history of science with other areas of historical inquiry Includes discussion of non-Western themes which are integrated throughout the chapters Divided into four sections based on key analytic categories that reflect new approaches in the field
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119121140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the History of Science is a single volume companion that discusses the history of science as it is done today, providing a survey of the debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, with contributions from leading international scholars. Provides a single-volume overview of current scholarship in the history of science edited by one of the leading figures in the field Features forty essays by leading international scholars providing an overview of the key debates and developments in the history of science Reflects the shift towards deeper historical contextualization within the field Helps communicate and integrate perspectives from the history of science with other areas of historical inquiry Includes discussion of non-Western themes which are integrated throughout the chapters Divided into four sections based on key analytic categories that reflect new approaches in the field
The Enormous Radio, and Other Stories
Author: John Cheever
Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Popular literature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Popular literature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
C. Francis Jenkins, Pioneer of Film and Television
Author: Donald G. Godfrey
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252096150
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This is the first biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death. Jenkins was an inventor who made a difference. As one of America's greatest independent inventors, Jenkins's passion was to meet the needs of his day and the future. In 1895 he produced the first film projector able to show a motion picture on a large screen, coincidentally igniting the first film boycott among his Quaker viewers when the film he screened showed a woman's ankle. Jenkins produced the first American television pictures in 1923, and developed the only fully operating broadcast television station in Washington, D.C. transmitting to ham operators from coast to coast as well as programming for his local audience. Godfrey's biography raises the profile of C. Francis Jenkins from his former place in the footnotes to his rightful position as a true pioneer of today's film and television. Along the way, it provides a window into the earliest days of both motion pictures and television as well as the now-vanished world of the independent inventor.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252096150
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This is the first biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death. Jenkins was an inventor who made a difference. As one of America's greatest independent inventors, Jenkins's passion was to meet the needs of his day and the future. In 1895 he produced the first film projector able to show a motion picture on a large screen, coincidentally igniting the first film boycott among his Quaker viewers when the film he screened showed a woman's ankle. Jenkins produced the first American television pictures in 1923, and developed the only fully operating broadcast television station in Washington, D.C. transmitting to ham operators from coast to coast as well as programming for his local audience. Godfrey's biography raises the profile of C. Francis Jenkins from his former place in the footnotes to his rightful position as a true pioneer of today's film and television. Along the way, it provides a window into the earliest days of both motion pictures and television as well as the now-vanished world of the independent inventor.
Circular
Author: Patricia Beall Hamill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Policy and Standards Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Form headings
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Form headings
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway
Author: Bruce Scivally
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"The book includes rarely seen photos of the actors who have brought Superman to life, including Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Kirk Alyn, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Appendices provide a listing of Superman-related books and websites, along with a comprehensive chart of the cast and characters featured in Superman films, television shows, and radio programs since 1941"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"The book includes rarely seen photos of the actors who have brought Superman to life, including Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Kirk Alyn, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Appendices provide a listing of Superman-related books and websites, along with a comprehensive chart of the cast and characters featured in Superman films, television shows, and radio programs since 1941"--Provided by publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Filmstrips
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Filmstrips
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1963
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and state
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and state
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description