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Netflix and the Reinvention of Television: Production, Consumption, and Representation
The rise of internet-distributed television has radically transformed the television landscape, with Netflix standing at the forefront of this revolution. The streaming platform has not only redefined production practices but also reshaped how we consume media. As Mareike Jenner highlights in Netflix and the Reinvention of Television (2018), Netflix’s innovative model challenges traditional television’s reliance…
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Unscheduled streaming TV – a liberation or a drawback?
Unscheduled streaming TV enables users to watch content whenever and wherever they want without being restricted by a TV station’s set airtime. However, is the industry benefiting from this new TV model? From the spectator’s viewpoint, this essay will re-examine how the on-demand streaming TV model has affected the television industry, demonstrating both the emancipation…
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“Minority Report” : the incorporation of technology in the narrative of Post-Cinema
Minority report is a 2002 film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow and Colin Farrell. The film tells the story of the police department in Washington D.C, in the year 2054, who is able to look into the future and stop crimes before they occur. The passage from analog to digital…
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The power of editing in Post-cinema: Tarantino and “Django Unchained”
Quentin Tarantino is known for his peculiar style of movies. It can be clearly seen throughout his projects (and said by Tarantino himself in multiple interviews) that he has been inspired by old filmmakers, majorly Sergio Leone for the editing and cinematography of his movies. In the Post-Cinema era, it can be said that the…
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The new reality: CGI and post-cinematic effects
The new dimensions of the post-cinema era have welcomed many new forms of cinematic effects and visuals. The cultural and technological shift from traditional to more complex filmmaking styles can be observed through modern ways of conveying emotion and experience. Shaviro (2016) argues these techniques “were developed in order to intensify cinematic continuity” but “have…
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Binge-watching: a harmless hobby or a digital addiction?
Have you ever found a series so captivating it hypnotises you from the first episode to the last? In the ever-evolving world of technological advancements, film and television has seen its development from rigid linear viewing to tailored on-demand preferences. Clearly, there has been a shift in content consumption, from traditional broadcasting to an endless…
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Changing the audience role: from passive viewer to active participant
As digital technology continues to develop, nonlinear characteristics have brought about tremendous changes in cultural production, especially in terms of audience participation and interactive experience. The role of the audience has changed from passive recipients to active participants. This change has not only changed the way content is consumed, but also reshaped the ecology of…
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Trans TV Representation: A Focus on Pose
Nowadays, the emergence of Trans TV is in part one of the reasons for this important intervention into the changes in the contemporary television industry, stressing that these changes should be thought of together, especially in the discussion of technological changes in the industry, and that aesthetic changes cannot be separated from television programmes and…
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How does post-continuity effect the aesthetics of film and television?
Shaviro (2016) suggests we have reached a new ‘cultural technological’ system of post- cinema which is heavily influenced by techniques such as editing, special effects, simulation and morph. These techniques break the boundaries of experience in cinema, creating experiences of hyper-realities creating feelings and experiences such as hallucinatory and dreamlike imagery. I will focus on…
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What’s the difference between affect and emotion?
Post-Cinema constructs a new structure of feeling where affect is the driving force of films. Post-cinematic affect is theorized by Shaviro (2010) who suggests affect is a kind of emotional and sensory experience connected to the contemporary media-saturised environments we are surrounded by. Whilst both emotion and affect are connected it’s important to establish the…
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