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(Part 2) What digitally happened in 1997 in the mind of these two anxious filmmakers?
In Lost Highway, Fred Madison, the guilt ridden and disassociated main character, recounts the past through discovered videotapes of him and his wife, which are not just tapes but intrusive memories as he is trying to escape himself, from which the Mystery Man serves to bring him back to feel his fears. Both him and…
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What digitally happened in 1997 in the mind of these two anxious filmmakers?
Part 1 Nearing the turn of the century, two filmmakers both subversive, curious and in tension with their position in the Hollywood landscape, concerned themselves with feelings of fear, guilt, and mania for all nightmares past, decked and charmed by various new technologies and plethora of screens. Abel Ferrara’s 1997 deeply personal film The Blackout…
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Digital aesthetic and beauty in the no tears left to cry music video
The Evolution of Music Videos in the Digital Age Ariana Grande’s 2018 music video for “No Tears Left to Cry,” directed by Dave Meyers, captivates viewers with its unexpected twists and turns, beautifully reflecting the theme of navigating life’s unpredictability and the absence of a solid foundation. The visual effects like rotating hallways and gravity-defying…
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Reaction Video Re-creation: The Audience Becomes a Secondary Creator
YouTube, as a content creation platform, viewers are not just passive content recipients but also can create content through comments, sharing, and re-creation. Among them, reaction videos, an emerging form of creation, embody the distinctiveness of this role reversal. The emotional reactions, cultural interpretations, and humorous expressions of platform users are repackaged and recreated, and…
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The Aesthetic Evolution of 90s Music Videos: Britpop and the New Visual Style
In the 1990s, music videos changed a lot, especially with Britpop bands like Oasis, Blur, and Pulp. These bands didn’t just change the music; they also changed the way music videos looked. Music videos in the 90s became more creative and less about looking perfect. The 90s brought a new style that was different from…
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continuity edit and Momento 2000
Boyi Wang 33747992 The classic continuity of editing is in decline (e.g., the 180-degree rule, spatial consistency, and smooth editing transitions)-and is being undermined in modern cinema. These techniques and technologies are making the movie experience more fragmented.Contemporary cinema often eschews the seamless, formless editing of classic films in favor of a more fragmented, nonlinear,…
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MTV and pink floyd athestic
Boyi Wang 33747992 During the 1980s and 1990s, MTV had a huge impact on the music industry and wider popular culture, influencing the way people consumed and understood music.The network transformed music from a strictly auditory experience to a visual one, requiring bands to craft characters and narratives that resonated not only through sound but…
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Breaking Barriers: How Digital Technology is Changing the Representation of Trans TV
There has been a discernible change in the representation of transgender people in the media, especially in recent years. One example of this can be seen in the music video “MUNA” – Silk Chiffon” (2021) featuring Phoebe Bridgers. Which tells the story of a transgender woman navigating through life and love, has been praised for…
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Are movies really that important to humans?
Are movies really that important to humans? By Leyan Zhang, 33734844 As an emotional medium, film not only carries ideas and memories but also plays an important role in cultural communication, becoming a window to record the times and social environment. It is this function that allows a movie to deeply touch the hearts of…
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The Transformation of New Media (Post-Cinema): From discretely transmitted wisdom to thoughts on future aesthetics
The Transformation of New Media (Post-Cinema): From discretely transmitted wisdom to thoughts on future aesthetics By Leyan Zhang, 33734844 Manovich mentioned in ‘What is New Media’ that the relationship between computers and new media triggered my thinking “…the popular understanding of new media identifies it with the use of a computer for distribution and exhibition…
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