Digital Audiovisual Media Class Blog

Streaming services have relied on the novelty of releasing an entire series at once to draw in viewers. Even while the revenue model sounded strange at first, other platforms soon followed suit and even started producing original material just for the purpose of a series drop, thanks to fan responses. A new season or series…

YouTube, which originally started as a dating site, faced technological challenges when they originally started, including video file sizes and media player compatibility. Yet, the combination early investments, like the $8.5 million from Sequoia Capital (Hearsum;Inglis;2013), and the platform’s key features, such as limiting video length, easy embedding, and restrictions on downloading, enabled the platform…

RuPaul’s Drag Race The Trans TV conference at the University of Westminster in 2017 was all about connecting the dots between industry talk and digging into how shows look and feel. It asked a big question: Can the changing TV landscape not only let artists run wild but also bring way more diversity to our…

In the landscape of modern entertainment, Netflix has emerged as a revolutionary force, which author Mareike Jenner believes to be “a dominant challenger to linear television”(Jenner;2018;p3). The streaming giant’s influence extends beyond the confines of traditional broadcasting, ushering in a new era marked by autonomy, choice, and a departure from established norms. At the heart…

The music industry underwent a revolutionary transformation with the emergence of YouTube, ushering in an era characterized by unprecedented accessibility, creativity, and audience engagement. Before YouTube, music videos were confined to the limited airtime of television channels, restricting both artists’ exposure and the diversity of content available to viewers. YouTube began as a democratic and…

In the dynamic world of action filmmaking, a noticeable shift has occurred over the past few decades, steering American cinema towards an impressionistic and chaotic style. In the article Observation Of Film Bordwell and Thompson  contrasted the difference between this new contemporary style of film making, which has been adopted by American cinema, with the more classical approach…

In the era of digital and internet-driven transformations, television has undergone a radical metamorphosis, giving rise to what critics term the ‘transing’ of its aesthetics and content. Scholars such as Michael Goddard and Christopher Hogg provide valuable insights into this transformative process. To delve deeper into this phenomenon, let’s analyze an exemplary digital audiovisual media:…

Ebeneza’s music videos have been able to address political issues of representation through authorship. As a creator of art…music videos are a medium in which you can display your cultural values. Ebeneza’s work advocates raw and honest representations of Black culture and diasporic experiences. He says, “I think it is important because there is a…

Breaking Bad, the award winning TV series represented the American ideology of teachers in the midwest. However, it was able to, in a way, reconstruct how we view the world by deconstructing the realism of professional roles. Breaking Bad portrays a chemistry teacher who eventually turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his…

Steven Shaviro’s work delves into the nuances of how affect and emotion are perceived and utilized in contemporary cinematic experiences. According to Shaviro, affect refers to a prepersonal and bodily intensity that is felt before it is processed or interpreted by the conscious mind. Affect is a raw and immediate response to stimuli, which can…