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The webcam as an emerging cinematic medium / Paula Albuquerque.

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer fileSeries: Film culture in transitionPublication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.Description: 1 online resource (237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)ISBN:
  • 9789048536733 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4301 23
Online resources: 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.
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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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