Webcam as an Emerging Cinematic Medium

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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All the world’s a stage - literally so, given the ubiquitous presence of webcams recording daily life in cities. This footage, allegedly documentary, recreates cities as cinematic environments as people interact with the multitudes of cameras and screens around them. Paula Albuquerque’s original research and experimental films, presented in this groundbreaking book, expose fictionalising elements in archival webcams and explore video surveillance as an urban condition that influences both perceptions of the past and visions of the future.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-15
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFilm Culture in Transition
Antal sidor238
Upplaga0
FörlagAmsterdam University Press
ISBN9789462985582

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Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Video Surveillance versus the Affected Personal Cam, 2. Post-Panopticism and the Attention Economy, 3. From Cinematographic to Cinematic Apparatus, 4. Cinematic Chronotopes: The Temporality of the Cinematic Mode of Existence of the Webcams, 5. Webcams and the Archive, 6. Appropriating the Cinematic Apparatus, Afterword, Conclusion, Bibliography, List of Images, Index of Authours, Index of Makers, Index of Subjects/Artworks

"Something about Albuquerque’s enthusiasm for the cinematic possibilities of the webcam is absolutely infectious. I confess that before reading the book, I had never really considered webcams as anything particularly valuable. ... Albuquerque’s argument, however, is extremely well made, and her writing style made for one of the most readable scholarly pieces I’ve yet read. All in all, Albuquerque has written an excellent piece, and made a believer out of me." - Jonathan T. Pearce, Film Matters 10.2 (2019) ''Both innovative, intuitive, rigorous, and rich in theoretical advancements, The Webcam as an Emerging Cinematic Medium analyzes these different aesthetic forms with its characteristics, rules, and codes." – Yves Laberge, Séquences, issue 339, 2024