The Webcam as an Emerging Cinematic Medium /

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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 or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Albuquerque, Paula (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Cinema > Esthetique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Ackowledgments
  • 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
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • List of Images
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Makers
  • Index of Subjects / Artworks

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