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Binge Watching and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the phenomenon of binge watching television shows. A term originally coined in the late 2000s, “binge watching” refers to the act of watching multiple episodes of a television show in quick succession. thanks to the advent of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, which make…
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Post-Cinematic Affect
In his 2010 book, Post Cinematic Affect, American author and critic Steven Shaviro talks abou the ways in which audiovisual technologies and techniques have changed over time, as well as the associated aesthetics and structures of feeling. This shift is not simply a matter of more rapid and non-linear forms of editing, or images being…
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Discuss the Korean horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum What’s so scary about it?
In 2018, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, a low-budget horror film, beat the $175 million sci-fi adventure Ready Player One to the box office in South Korea in its first week of release and became the second-highest-grossing horror film in the country. This result makes me wonder what makes Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum so successful and scary. First…
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Mysterious shots with iPhone camera
As cameras and technologies are developing fast, the ways of shooting a film get more progressive. Somehow, some movies and TV shows try to produce them using only sports cameras, iPhones, or even video cameras on laptops. Not only does this shooting method gives a mysterious vibe, but the uncertainty of the camera movement also…
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Internet distributed television & new aesthics; Trans TV.
Internet-distributed television has taken over visual audiovisual and presents audiences with progressive and evolving aesthetics. New audiovisual platforms, like Netflix, HBO and amazon prime have facilitated new aesthetics and representational practices in relation to sexuality, gender, and gender identity. as there are now “more spaces for the expression of diversity than had previously been the…
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Team old or new music videos?
The radio star was killed by video, but today, digital music video is taking its place. In the days before music television, music videos were in a short film representation. MTV is a Music Television, a cable television network that originated as a 24-hour music video platform. In the early 1980s, MTV, or Music Television,…
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Instagram and TikTok are making music mundane and killing rock
Arctic Monkeys were awarded the MasterCard Album of the Year at the BRITs in 2014. On stage, lead singer Alex Turner took the mic without missing a beat, and starting raving about the immortality of their genre – rock & roll. “That rock and roll, eh. It just won’t go away. It may hibernate from…
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Music after MTV in post-millennial music videos
Since the 1980s, MTV has been the core of music videos till the 21st century. In recent times, conventional techniques for releasing music videos have been altered. Earlier, MTV was the sole platform where all types of music were released, whereas now portable apps and software are competing for launching new music. MTV and YouTube are…
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Virtual Acknowledgement of the LGBTQ+ Community
Recognition was given to the transgender community in the 1960s, but the actual awareness was spread after their introduction in the entertainment industry. They were moderately supported in TV shows, but in the era of OTT platforms, they are more supported and accepted. Shows like Orange is the New Black, Pose, Transparent and Euphoria have supported all…
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Binge-watching dependence in this independent world
OTT platforms are becoming the HBO in the post-pandemic times. OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney plus dump numerous content and encourage binge-watching, which is something more dangerous than TV. Here are a few examples that depict the addictive habit created by Netflix. The cult complex TV comedy; Arrested Development was reviewed…
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