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Sunday driver: What does AMC's scheduling say about its branding?

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Andrew Daglas ChicagoNow.com

November 03, 2011

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back at least to The Sopranos, which aired its first-run episodes on Sundays between 1999 and 2007. ...

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Special Effects: New Perspectives on Old Questions

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Bob Rehak, Dan North, Michael S. Duffy Swarthmore College, University of Exeter, Towson University

November 07, 2011

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Special Effects: New Perspectives on Old Questions visual effects technologies special effects realism media histories digital contexts artifacts analog Curator's Note Given the proliferation of paratextual materials that frame special effects practi ...

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Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD

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Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

November 10, 2011

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Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD television special effects panasonic james cameron avatar 3D Curator's Note When James Cameron's 3D space epic, Avatar, was first being promoted, the movie was promoted as something that audiences had ...

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Practical Magic

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Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

Thursday, November 10, 2011 — 5:11 pm

The constraints imposed by rights are certainly affecting demand (or at least access). I do think ...

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Behind the scenes of 'Les Trucs du Cinema'

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Dan North The University of Exeter

November 11, 2011

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Behind the scenes of 'Les Trucs du Cinema' trick film special effects illusion early cinema audience Curator's Note These trading cards were distributed by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company around 1910. Each picture illustrates the shootin ...

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The explanation

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Dan North The University of Exeter

Saturday, November 12, 2011 — 5:00 pm

we need a model of analysis that begins from the standpoint that the spectator is engaged and ... Lumieres' train- they are the mythical, or at the very least hypothetical paratextless spectators, unable to ...

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"Re-issue, re-package, re-package"

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Michael S. Duffy Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University

Saturday, November 12, 2011 — 10:31 pm

or Jurassic Park-- the idea that filmmakers would now begin to obsess not only over every production ...

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American Dreams, Israeli Formats: The Newfound Success of Israeli Formats on U.S. TV

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Sharon Shahaf Georgia State University

November 14, 2011

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American Dreams, Israeli Formats: The Newfound Success of Israeli Formats on U.S. TV Israeli TV global formats Curator's Note This theme week, connected with the publication of Global Television Formats: Understanding Television across Borders (Ore ...

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