{"title":"John Wyver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Wyver\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the dynamic intersections of film, media, and visual culture. His works invite readers to reflect on the artistry and innovation behind moving images, offering insightful perspectives that bridge historical context with contemporary interpretations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRich in analysis and cultural depth, Wyver's books are essential for anyone fascinated by the evolving language of cinema and broadcast media. Expect thoughtful, well-crafted essays that illuminate the magic and complexity of visual storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"magic-rays-of-light-by-john-wyver-9781839028205","title":"Magic Rays of Light","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London’s Frith Street of a ‘seeing by wireless’ apparatus that he and many others had been working towards, television. In the years that followed, variants of this astonishing device produced programming that was rich, complex and excitingly imaginative. Familiar television genres, including studio drama, quiz shows, variety spectaculars and sports broadcasts, were all fully realised in the 1930s. At the same time, early television was often strikingly different from later domestic broadcasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTelevision began with intimate entanglements with interwar cinema, theatre, music and dance. And, despite reaching only tiny audiences, from its beginnings television responded to key strands of social history, embracing legacies of the Great War, changing roles for women, suburban living and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagic Rays of Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and comprehensive cultural history of early television, exploring its technologies and institutions, while also celebrating the programmes and the people, the ideas and the innovations of the first decade of what would become the most consequential medium of the subsequent century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558962184428,"sku":"9781839028205","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839028205-magic-rays-of-light.jpg?v=1776923959"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/john-wyver.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}