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Feeling Through Frames: Post-Cinematic Emotion and Performative Research
Catherine Grant (2016) engages with the performative practice of audiovisual essays, also showing how they can be an extension of research in forms beyond that of traditional scholarly writing. The author draws a contrast between digital, found footage collage with more conventional film/media essays. The author’s findings suggest that the audiovisual work not only communicates…
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THE BATMAN – A MASK OF AUDIENCE MANIPULATION
Matt Reeves’ 2022 Blockbuster The Batman was predicted to be a success before any teaser or full trailer was released, the announcement of Robert Pattison as the titular hero was met with varying responses and proved a controversial yet radical choice, as was the film as a whole. The film consists of grounded characters and…
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BLUE SONG-WRIGHT’S FIRST DRAFT
In 2002, the musical group Mint Royale released the music video for their track Blue Song directed by Edgar Wright, featuring famed British comedians Julian Barrat, Michael Smiley, Nick Frost and the main protagonist, Noel Fielding, as the unnamed getaway driver. The video is famous for being thought of as the first iteration and inspiration…
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“GIRLHOOD” AND THE SOFIA COPPOLA CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
Sofia Coppola, the only daughter of prolific film director Francis Ford Coppola, made her debut in the world of cinema via her appearance in The Godfather Part III. The tremendous backlash that both father and daughter received after the film’s release, evidenced the public’s disdain for unearned notoriety and nepotism, however, Sofia Coppola has persisted…
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CRASH – ELEVATING EROTICISM
“The marriage of reason and nightmare that has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world.” While predating the official idea of ‘post-cinematic affect’, David Cronenberg’s infamous 1996 erotic thriller Crash stands as an intriguing example of the manipulation of mood and intensity. The film presented audiences with a concept…
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Cinema’s Digital Evolution: From Analogue to Hyperrealism
Lev Manovich’s reading on the shift from analogue to digital cinema offers a critical framework that helps examine the interplay between traditional cinematic techniques and emerging technologies in storytelling. Manovich (2002) highlights how digital technologies have transformed the work of cinema from a hybrid medium to one that involves the elements of standard film-making practices…
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Pose-Trans TV and new aesthetics
Pose was the first mainstream television series to place the transgender community and Black and Latino LGBTQ+ characters at the center of its narrative. By focusing on ballroom culture, the series portrays the lives of marginalized communities in 1980s New York, depicting trans and queer individuals as complex, three-dimensional characters. It fills gaps in the historical…
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Gender Representation and Digital Aesthetics in Taylor Swift’s Music Videos: The Case of “The Man”
Music video is an important part of social popular culture. They are not only a form of artistic expression, but also an important carrier for exploring social issues such as race, gender, sexuality, etc. Taylor Swift, as one of the world’s top female singers, directly focuses on the social issues of male privilege and gender…
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Netflix’s ‘Binge-viewing’: viewing behaviour and the consumption revolution in the streaming era
The rise of streaming platforms has revolutionized viewers’ viewing behavior and content consumption patterns. As Lotz claims that while traditional television relies on linear schedules to fix viewers’ viewing habits, the Internet-Distributed Television model redefines the rules of television content distribution by giving viewers “the ability to control viewing” (Lotz, 2014, p. 54). The Internet-Distributed…
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Music videos as political statements
The popularity and cultural significance of music videos has led to undervalue their capacity to work as political expression. Even though people might not believe it, music videos can be political statements. As stated in “Music / Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media” music videos started getting popular thanks to TV, especially MTV in the 80s with…
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