Digital Audiovisual Media Class Blog

(Provost, R. 2023) About Euphoria and youth community HBO’s series Euphoria has ignited widespread conversation with its bold depiction of youth culture, queer identity, and the complexities of modern adolescence. They serve an unflinching exploration of the raw, often chaotic world of its characters—dealing with addiction, mental health, and complicated relationships. These visceral scenes offer…

The introduction of colour in cinema was pivotal in reshaping the film industry, enriching visual storytelling and deepening audience engagement. (Bananarratives, 2012) The Wizard of OZ: Golden Age of Hollywood While early films were limited to black and white, the shift to color added a new layer to filmmaking, enabling directors to express more profound…

‘Post-cinematic affect’ has been popular in film studies circles in recent years to characterise the emotional effect of contemporary films on viewers. By affecting our feelings and generating new kinds of emotional involvement, digital media technologies have transformed the way we watch films. One article from The New York Times by critic A.O. Scott delves…

While there have been advances in television technology there have also been huge advances in television content, demonstrating the richness and diversity of what is now available on television.Transgender television, for example, is one of the major advances in television content.Goddard and Hogg argue that what is at stake is not so much the representation…

Saturday night television was once the crown jewel of entertainment, bringing families together in front of the small screen. In the early 2000s and 2010s, British audiences were spoilt for choice. Flicking between BBC One for Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing and ITV One to get a glimpse of The X Factor.  David Smith…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…