Iluminace, 2007 (vol. 19), issue 4
Editorial
Technique and technology in the history of media
Petr Szczepanik
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):27-28 
The introduction to the thematically focused block of articles on the topic of technique and technology in the history of media suggests the problematic nature of research, the production of conclusions and their publication on the topic and briefly characterizes the individual contributions and their authors.
Theme Articles
Telegraphy, Telephony, Wireless. Communication and Technology in the 19th Century
Wolfgang König
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):29-41
An overview essay by Wolfgang König, the world's leading historian of technology, who deals with the media only marginally and does not separate it from other technical history. The paper first gives a brief overview of the subject and concepts of modern history of technology and in the second part deals with telegraphy, telephony and wireless signal transmission.
Digital Cinema: A False Revolution
John Belton
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):43-59
The analysis of the development of digital technologies in film focuses on the digitization of special effects and computer graphics, digital projection, digitization of sound, and the development of digital sound systems and media. It analyses the implications of the advent of digital technologies for the demise of, for example, 70 mm film as a projection format and gives specific examples of the use of digital technologies in films after 1990. The next section focuses on the changes in the film industry after digitisation, the threat of film piracy and the implications of digitisation for film preservation.
Cinematographic Technology and Patents. Notes for Critical Analysis
Alberto Friedmann
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):61-75
The article analyses in detail the situation of Italian cinematographic technology, development and inventions from the beginnings of cinema to the end of the 1940s, focusing on the years 1920-1934, while trying to find the causes of this situation.
Italian Magazines from the Era of Silent Film: A Source for Technological Research?
Silvio Alovisio
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):77-90
The author examines the role of the specialised press as a source for historiographical research of a technical-technological type and deals with questions of the significance of technical information in the specialised press of the time, the types and quality of journals, the typology of available information, and the form and credibility of reports.
Meopton IIIa: The Way to the Czechoslovak Wide-Screen Projector
Anna Batistová
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):91-109
The article analyses the situation in Czechoslovak cinema after 1945: it describes the post-war cinema network and its technical equipment, assesses the level of Czechoslovak state industry and provides information on Czech companies that produced projection equipment. Definition and requirements of the competition for a new projection machine according to the requirements of FITES (Film Technical Board), overview of the companies that participated in the competition. Results of the competition and production problems. Plans of Czechoslovak State Film for the introduction of widescreen film in 1955-1960. Activities of the Meopta company in 1945-1960....
"As Griffith Said, You Can't Stop Progress ... " Czech Projectionists Reflect on the Changes in Projection Technology
Karel Čada, Jan Hanzlík
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):111-125
The aim of the text was to describe the transformation of projection technologies that has occurred in the Czech cinema sector in recent years with the advent of multiplexes, as perceived by users of projection devices and how it affects their working conditions. The authors attempted to apply qualitative sociological research methods in the analysis of autobiographical narratives of Prague projectionists in the era of multiplexes. The narrators' interpretive practices served as material for a more general analysis of the values associated with changing cinema technology and the retreat of the classical form of the cinematic experience.
Articles
Gottwaldov Film Studio as an Alternative Model of Production and Aestetic Practice
Lukáš Skupa
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):5-26
Analysis of the history of the film industry in Zlín in a cultural, historical and cinematographic context. Analysis of the activities of the Gottwaldov Film Studio, its competitive position in relation to Barrandov during the period of normalisation. The situation in the Short Film Studios in terms of personnel policy, production background and strategy. Gottwaldov Film Studio as an alternative model of production and aesthetic practice. An overview of the feature film production of FS Gottwaldov in 1977-1989.
Interviews
What Went before and after the Finished Film. An Interview with Alberto Friedemann
Anna Batistová
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):127-132
An interview with Italian film historian, professor of visual arts history and journalist Alberto Friedemann about the activities of the FERT Association and the mapping of the cinematographic history of the city of Turin
Horizon
History from the Pages of Magazines (Michele Canosa - Giulia Carluccio - Federica Villa /eds./: Cinema muto italiano: Tecnica e tecnologia. Vol. 1.: Discorsi, precetti, documenti. Vol. 2.: Brevetti, macchine, mestieri)
Anna Batistová
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):138-140
Review of a two-volume publication on the technique and technology of Italian silent film: Cinema muto italiano: tecnica a tecnologia.
Media Education as a Research Theme (National Media Education Conference / World Media Education Research Summit 2007)
Patrik Vacek
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):141-143
Information about two events that took place in June 2007 in the United States of America.
Ad Fontes
Slaviafilm, a.s. (1921-1955)
Tomáš Lachman
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):133-135
History of Slaviafilm, a.s., its origin and previous organizations, list of owners and managers, description of its activities and its importance. Extant materials about the company.
Václav Pštross (1887-1932/1946/)
Matěj Kotalík
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):136-137
A detailed biography of the Czech cinema pioneer and film entrepreneur Václav Pstross.
Appendix
Annexation Effects: Cultural Appropriation and the Politics of Place in Czech-German Films, 1930-1945
Kevin Johnson
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):144-147
Description of the dissertation on cultural transmission in Czech-German films in the 1930s and 1940s entitled: Annexation Effects: Cultural Appropriation and the Politics of Place in Czech-German Films, 1930-1945.
Cinema for the State, Cinema by the State: Czechoslovak Army film, 1945-1994
Alice Lovejoy
Iluminace 2007, 19(4):148-151
A detailed description of a dissertation on the activities of the Czechoslovak army film and the relationship between film, the state and the army. Cinema for the State, Cinema by the State: Czechoslovak Army film, 1945-1994. A brief introduction to the history of the CAF, its activities, incorporation, functions and significance.