Digital Audiovisual Media Class Blog

Contemporary music is not only an expression of artistic creation, but also an important carrier of social, cultural, and political concepts, especially playing an important role in discussions of feminism and racial issues. Artists break down the boundaries of gender, race, and social class through music and visual expression, conveying their call for fairness, freedom,…

Netflix, the streaming platform that rules today’s day and age, is said to release shows with accurate representation of certain groups and communities. However, to what extent can this be said? “Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution” by Brett Martin explores this question with a focus on male characters in television. Martin…

Internet distributed television is causing a decline in what used to be to waiting for your favourite programme to come on. Netflix is one of the biggest streaming television services which has had great impact in such thing occurring. The company has taken over and given rise to a new form of consumption, defining what…

Such phenomenon that is combining moving images and music into one, has existed in many shapes and forms, and in each of its phases, “the music video has been a problematic and controversial media entity” (Arnold et al., 2020). Madonna’s music video for her hit “Like a Prayer”, can be used as an example. Being…

The music video channel that came into existence in the nineteen eighties, MTV, revolutionised the way music is consumed and promoted, with its impact still being evident today. Before MTV, artists were more focused on promoting their actual songs, however, a couple music videos which were very experimental were sprinkled throughout the industry. Sound adds value…

The birth of post cinema in today’s twenty-first century gave rise to what Steven Shaviro identifies as affect, a realm within cinema solely based on evoking feeling.   Bordwell (1985), refers to the so-called Hollywood continuity editing, as a technique for building up a cohesive storyline, making it easy for the audience to understand. However, this…

With the most recent release of the blockbuster hit Wicked, many critics and audiences are applauding it for its widely decorated and diverse cast. Throughout film history, minorities have always struggled to be cast in main roles as well as roles that aren’t diminutive or require them to become a “token” character. Despite this, Wicked…

In the era of media giants like Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu releasing shows almost every day, has the quality of TV diminished? As discussed in Jenner’s “Netflix and the Re-Invention of Television”(2013); Netflix has perfected the model of binge-watching with the optimization of their platform and user interface making it easier to skip the…

Tiktok evolved from YouTube, or in other words, short form videos evolved from YouTube videos (that are slightly longer mostly from twenty minutes to more than an hour). This reflects that most of the media consumers’ attention spend are shortening. Rather than sitting there for twenty minutes to get the whole point of a video,…

The existence of digital media gave people who watch music videos on television a bridge to connect with music in their own way. MTV for example does not provide a accessible space for viewers to engage with the music video or create their own understanding to the music. It is more passive since the way…