Appendix I Outline History of New Media Dvds
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Appendix I Outline History of New Media DVDs Toy Story – $191.8 million no. 1 in box office, 1995 (first complete CGI feature). The Mask – first DVD to feature deleted scenes and director’s commen- tary, 1997. 1997 – Miramax makes $250 million more than all other indies combined. It also founds Dimension Pictures, a genre speciality division. 1998 – Netflix, an online DVD rental service, is founded. The Danish Dogme 95 film The Celebration proves that a movie shot on digital video can find success as a theatrical release. It inspires a wave of independent films shot in digital video formats. 1999 – The Blair Witch Project attracts audiences through a daring Inter- net campaign built around fictional documents and witch sightings. (In March 1999, Titanic is first DVD title to ship 1 million units). And Toy Story 2 earns $245 million. 1999 – American Beauty wins Best Picture/Director/Original screenplay at Oscars. TiVo introduces the Personal Video Recorder (PVR), which allows pro- grammes and movies to be stored digitally. Later, PVRs will allow copying from the hard drive to DVD. Also in the same year, Apple launches Final Cut Pro. It will soon become the preferred editing platform for low-budget digital cinema. 2000 – Matrix becomes the first DVD title to ship 3 million units. 210 Appendix I: Outline History of New Media DVDs 211 2001 – Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within isthefirstCGIfeaturewitha realistic depiction of humans. The BMW website features five digital films exclusively available online, directed by major filmmakers (Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai etc.). 2002 – Most major manufacturers agree on future standards for high- definition DVD. By the end of 2002, global DVD sales and rentals are found to have exceeded theatrical box office. 2003 – In June, for the first time, more DVDs than VHS tapes are rented in the USA. Cold Mountain becomes the first major studio production to be edited on Apple’s Final Cut Pro. 2004 – Major distributors turn down The Passion of the Christ – released by Newmarket – and it earns more than $600 million worldwide, becoming one of the most profitable movies in history. Home video rentals and purchases, driven by the DVD format, reach a record high of 24 billion. (See ‘The Art of Distribution: Video on Demand’. Lucas Hilderbrand reports on Digital Innovations in Arthouse distribution, Film Quarterly Winter 2010.) Over the last number of years there has been a downturn in sales of DVDs, in the USA at least, but the jury is still out regarding their eventual disappearance. 2006 – YouTube – a video-sharing website that became a global phenomenon – was bought by Google for $1.65 billion, dramati- cally increasing and extending an erstwhile Internet search engine’s new-media importance. 2007 – iPhone developed by global corporation Apple, pushing innova- tions of portable digital devices alongside the appeal of music down- loads with iTunes and the huge growth of helpful ‘apps’ (computer applications), which can be downloaded from the Internet. These inno- vations have been further augmented by recent advances in hardware like the iPad, alongside other tools to download audio-visual media. Appendix II List of Bonus Features Chapter 2: Postmodernism, Parody and Smart Cinema: Case Studies of Lynch, Tarantino and Soderbergh Blue Velvet Review: Siskel and Ebert Featurette: Mysteries of Love Are you a Pervert? Photo Gallery Pulp Fiction Cannes Film Festival: Palm D’Or acceptance speech Charlie Brown Show Theatrical Trailers TV Spots Pulp Fiction Still Gallery Production Design Features Siskel and Ebert ‘At the Movies’ Tarantino Fiction Behind the Scenes Four Deleted Scenes extras Pulp Fiction Posters Production Design and Logos Props and Memorabilia The Independent Spirit Awards Interviews Sex, Lies and Videotape Audio commentary by director Trailers 212 Appendix II: List of Bonus Features 213 Chapter 3: Independent New Smart Creatives and Niche Marketing – Case Studies of Richard Linklater, Spike Jonze, Christopher Nolan and Michel Gondry Waking Life Deleted Scenes (live action only) Original theatrical trailer Live action footage Audition tapes Audio Commentary: Richard Linklater and Bob Sabiston Animation, Tommy Pallotta (Producer) Making of Waking Life Animation Software Tutorial Snack and Drink dir. Bob Sabiston Wiley Wiggins Test Photo Gallery Memento ‘Straight version’ of Narrative Inception Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious Can the Dream world be a fully functioning parallel reality? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and leading scientists take you to the cutting edge of dream research Inception: The Cobol Job – Comic prologue in full animation and motion: See the events that led to the beginning of the movie Soundtrack selections from Hans Zimmer’s Versatile Score Conceptual Art, Promotional Art and Trailer TV spot galleries Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Deleted Scenes Featurette: A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Lacuna Commercial Audio Commentary Being John Malkovich American arts and Culture presents: John Horatio Malkovich, Dance of Despair and Disillusionment Spike Jones Interview, 214 Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures 7th and half floor Orientation Four TV spots, Spike’s Photo Album Theatrical Trailer, Cast and Film Makers Notes Chapter 4: Smart Cult Classics: Case Studies of Donnie Darko, American Beauty and Magnolia American Beauty Behind the scenes Featurette Audio commentary Story Board presentation (Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball) Story Board presentation (Sam Mendes with Director of Photography Conrad L Hall) Two theatrical trailers Magnolia [2 disk version] Trailer Music Video Tom Cruise Interview Documentary95mins. Donnie Darko Director’s commentary alongside main actor Be Kind Rewind The Making of Be Kind Rewind Passaic Mosaic Featurette Booker T and Michel Gondry A conversation with Jack Black and Michel Gondry Jack and Mos improvise Songs Fats was Born Here Paris Concert Chapter 5: European Art and Smart Cinema – Case Studies of Run Lola Run, Amélie and Breaking the Waves Run Lola Run Director’s Commentary Filmographies Appendix II: List of Bonus Features 215 Music Video: Franka Potente ‘Believe’ Trailer Amélie Audio commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet The Café The Canal Screen test The Station Script to Screen feature Teaser Trailers Trailer Talent Q and A Feature Director’s Interview Audrey Tatou’s Funny Faces Feature Making of Feature Behind the Scenes Stills Gnome Pictures Breaking the Waves Interview by Anthony Dodmantle with select commentary by Lars von Trier and Anders Leen Chapter 6: Smart Irish Comedy – Case Studies of When Brendan Met Trudy, Intermission and In Bruges In Bruges When in Bruges Deleted and extended scenes Gag Reel A Boat Trip around Bruges F∗∗king Bruges When Brendan Met Trudy Director’s commentary Original Trailer Intermission No bonus features 216 Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures Chapter 7: Social Realism and Contemporary British Smart Cinema: Case Studies of Trainspotting, Timecode and Sexy Beast Trainspotting Memories of Trainspotting Time Code Director’s Video Diary Director’s Commentary Exclusive Interactive Featurette: Mike Figgis Video Diary Exclusive interactive audio mix Full length version 1 of film Mike Figgis Shooting Score A sneak inside Red Mullet Weblink Talent file Theatrical Trailer Interactive audio mix Sexy Beast Behind the Scenes On Location Poster Gallery Cast and Crew Interviews Commentary with Producer Jeremy Thomas and Ben Kinsley Chapter 8: Smart Green/Nature Animation: Case Studies of Pixar – Wall-E, UP and Toy Story Wall-E [two disk version] Burn-E [animation short] Presto trailer Deleted Scenes Animation Sound Design: Building worlds from the sound up Audio Commentary The Pixar Story by Leslie Iwerks Additional Deleted scenes Wall-E’s Treasures and Trinkets BNL shorts Appendix II: List of Bonus Features 217 Lots of Bots Storybook Extensive Making of Featurette And More UP Partly Cloudy – Theatrical Trailer Dug’s Special Mission The Many endings of Muntz Adventure is Out There Director’s Commentary Exclusive Animate Short Films: Dug’s Special Mission And More Toy Story 1/2 The Story New Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs Blast Off New 3 Animated Studio Stories New Buzz Takes Manhattan And More Sneek Peek of Toy Story 3 The Characters New Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs International Space Station New Pixar’s Zoetrope Chapter 9: Smart Science Fiction, DVD Add-Ons and New Media Logics – A Reading of Spielberg’s Minority Report, AI: Artificial Intelligence and WaroftheWorlds Minority Report From Story to Screen Deconstructing Minority Report (Including World of Minority Report; PreCrime and PreCogs; The Spyder Sequence; Precog-Visions; Vehicles) The Studies of Minority Report ILM and Minority Report Final Report (Spielberg and Cruise) Archives: Production Concepts/Storyboard sequences etc. 218 Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures Trailers Activision Game Trailer AI: Artificial Intelligence Actors From Drawings to Sets Dressing AI Special Effects Robots War of the Worlds Revisiting the Invasion The HG Wells Legacy Characters: The Family Unit Pre-Visualisation- Designing the Enemy Production Diary [East Coast] Production Diary [West Coast] Chapter 10: Smart Post-9/11 Narratives – From Defining Ur-Narratives Forrest Gump and Fight Club to Three Kings and United 93 Three Kings Audio Commentaries Behind the Scenes Documentaries Tour of the Iraqi Village Set Director’s Video Journal Interview with Tom Sigel TV Spot Special Photography An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice