Digital Audiovisual Media Class Blog

On-demand streaming services provide instant access, day or night. Scheduled TV to 24/7 Streaming  Thanks to easy access to VOD services like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, which offer an endless variety of shows, binge-watching practices are becoming more common amongst younger children. In the past,  satellite children’s channels, like CBBC or CBeebies, had fixed…

The transformation of television is an on-going process, the transformations of technologies and content streamed on platforms with the representation of transgender and non-binary TV shows can be understood as linked. A consequence of internet distributed television is that television is now created for more specific target audiences. As a result, a wider breadth of…

There has been a huge transformation in Television over the years. We have gone from Satellite and Cable TV to an era of Internet distributed television. IDT has used the foundations of the experience created by satellite and cable TV however it has drastically changed the distribution of television and in turn has affected the…

With the rapid rise of digital platforms, Internet distribution platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and HBO.And the medium of television has undergone profound changes. As we learn form Michael Goddard and Christopher Hogg  the concept of “Trans TV” in Critical Studies in Television, arguing that digital platforms have not only revolutionized the way content is…

In the past decade, YouTube has transformed from a video-sharing platform to a dominant force in the media landscape. This shift reflects a broader transition from traditional media, like TV and newspapers, to digital platforms. With YouTube, content creation is no longer limited to large media companies; individuals can now produce, share, and consume content…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…