The webcam as an emerging cinematic medium:

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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Main Author: Albuquerque, Paula ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2020
Series:Film culture in transition
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Summary: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
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (237 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048536733
DOI:10.1017/9789048536733

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