lev manovich

Lev Manovich

For this review I have chosen to review a section of “the language of New Media” by Lev Manovich, I have chosen to look more closely at the first main section “What is new media?”. I have chosen to look at this due to the fact that I have entered a higher education course in multi-media, new media therefore is a highly important factor in learning everything I can about multi-media.
In this section of the book Manovich looks in detail at the history of new media, this include the transformation from making films using stills shots and linking them together, to the modern day technology we enjoy today. The section also shows how new media is not only about film but about all forms of media, there is a large section on how computer programming links into new media and also how games and music can be sold as part of a film package, with the film as the “base” to the set.
In general I found that this section was useful as it taught me some of the stuff about the history of film and also showed how other sections of new media link in to the whole cycle. However I found that a lot of the language in the book was confusing and hard to comprehend.
I found that the most useful section of this chapter was “the language of new media” taught me a lot about what different things in new media meant, I found that this was useful as it helped to understand new media in general as well as in the book. However it did not teach me anywhere as much as I would have liked to have found out.