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Version 1.0 Version 1.01 Version 1.1 Version 1.2 Version
1.21 Version 2.0
Version 1.0 (March 2009)
Initial release version
Version 1.01 (April 2009)
- Made CD-ROM entirely ISO 9660 Level 2 compliant
- Replaced "Readme.txt" with validated HTML 4.01 Transitional
"README.HTM" including minor corrections
- Replaced "Liesmich.txt" with validated HTML 4.01 Transitional
"LIESMICH.HTM" including minor corrections
- Added contact information to "README.HTM" and "LIESMICH.HTM"
- Added the "@EXEDRV@" parameter to "AUTORUN.INF" to fix a file
allocation problem in Windows Vista
Version 1.1 (August 2009)
General note: This version introduces differences between the
digital and the printed edition because additional extracts from movies are
included. The basic layout and the structure however are maintained thus
preserving the original usability.
- Added official Philips Compact disc-logo for ISO 9660
compliant CD-ROMs to CD design
- Minor correction in list of "Works Cited"
- Minor correction in the entry for "scene"
- Slight changes in "Note to the digital edition"
- Added website information to "README.HTM" and "LIESMICH.HTM"
- Added meta information to all PDF files
- Corrected initial zoom level in "180.PDF"
Additional extracts:
- Added extract from The Color of Money (1986) as example of
"rack focus"
- Added extract from 12 Angry Men (1957) as example of "tilt"
Version 1.2 (November 2009)
This version matches the second printed edition.
- Made definition of "follow focus" more precise
- Added information to the entries for "slow motion" and "accelerated
motion"
- Made definition of "split screen" less restrictive
- Incorporated changes made in the 6th edition of The Film
Encyclopedia
- Minor correction in list of "Works Cited"
- Completed and corrected the entry for "Wipe"
- Added explanations to the "screenplay" sample of the digital edition
- Changed font color of entries to R:0 G:124 B:195 to facilitate color
space changes and offset printing
- Changed spelling of "intra-diegetic" and "extra-diegetic" to more
common "intadiegetic" and "extradiegetic"
- Changed background color of CD design
- Tidied up metadata of PDFs
- Fixed problem with PDF/A viewing mode
- Added metadata to QuickTime video files: Information on the title,
the director, and the year is now shown in the player's title bar
- Added Joliet extension to file system to prevent upper case filename
conversion (Linux) from producing filenames that do not correspond to
links.
Additional extracts:
- Added extract from Marathon Man (1976) as example of
"flashback"
- Added extract from Weekend (1967) to "sound image relations"
as example of intradiegetic sound (on and off screen)
- Added extract from Father of the Bride (1950) as example of
"focus-in/focus-out"
Version 1.21 (December 2009)
- Cross-referenced contents of the main document ("SYNTAX.PDF")
Version 2.0 (November 2011)
- Included French definitions
- Corrected formatting of "180.PDF" headline
- Changed orientation of "LIGHTING.PDF"
- Minor corrections in French bibliography
- Tidied up fonts
- Fixed broken link to Father of the Bride
- Began authoring PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Distiller
Additional extracts:
- Added extract from The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as example
of "roll"
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