Film and Series in the Age of Internet

FILM AND SERIES IN THE AGE OF INTERNET

Questions on the topic

Digital technologies and Internet can be related to changes in audiovisual industries:

PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION EXHIBITION CONSUMPTION

PRODUCTION

Visual and narrative effects

Intensified montage and combination of images (Darley, 2002)

Spectacle/Scopic dominates narrative dimension; from diegetic absortion to scopic absortion (Marzal and Company, 1999)

A change in representational paradigm

Different perspectives: technofilics vs technofobic

DISTRIBUTION

Digitalization diminishes costs and time lapses but piracy is a problem;

Traditional model: sequential windows strategic dates (Christmas, Thanks Giving,

etc) Shorter periods, simultaneus openings

and long tail

EXHIBITION

Digitalization of theaters Standarization Costs

New forms and new habits Streaming Multiple mobil devices

Key Issues

Strong demand on audiovisual contents New business model Aesthetic changes:

spectacularization/hiperreal/sinister/less narrative

New habits of consumption (schedule, lenght, choices)