Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
An introduction to Lev Manovich's essays "What is Digital Cinema?" and "Compositing," both chapters from his book The Language of New Media, which functions as theoretical background for the next video lecture on Speed Racer (Lana and Lily Wachowski, 2008). Topics include Manovich's discussion of the waning of the indexical qualities of cinema in the wake of digital technologies, the logic of compositing, and the relation between compositing and montage.
An introduction to Lev Manovich's essays "What is Digital Cinema?" and "Compositing," both chapters from his book The Language of New Media, which functions as theoretical background for the next video lecture on Speed Racer (Lana and Lily Wachowski, 2008). Topics include Manovich's discussion of the waning of the indexical qualities of cinema in the wake of digital technologies, the logic of compositing, and the relation between compositing and montage.
