Addresses the effect of convergence and transmediation upon multi-platform fictional storytelling and audiovisual drama, providing new insights and proposing new theoretical frameworks.

Runner-up for the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Best Book Prize 2015 Beyond the Screen presents an expanded conceptualization of cinema which encompasses the myriad ways film can be experienced in a digitally networked society where the auditorium is now just one location amongst many in which audiences can encounter and engage with films. The book includes considerations of mobile, web, social media and live cinema through numerous examples and case studies of recent and near-future developments. Through analyses of narrative, text, process, apparatus and audience this book traces the metamorphosis of an emerging cinema and maps the new spaces of spectatorship which are currently challenging what it means to be cinematic in a digitally networked era.

"[Atkinson's] comprehensive survey, coupled with her exacting analysis of emerging trends, remains an invaluable resource for theorists and practitioners alike." - Journal of American Studies of Turkey

"A dizzying amount of case studies have been documented in this overview of media texts and viewing platforms ... Atkinson has documented cutting-edge developments in exhibition and distribution in order to demonstrate how audiences might interact with media narratives in the future." - Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media

"Beyond the Screen marks a significant step towards developing a language that may yet have longevity. Moreover, it does so having taken into account textual, industrial and audience perspectives on these ‘emerging cinemas’ with dexterity, which very few other accounts can be said to have achieved." - CINEJ Cinema Journal