REVOLUTIONS IN RESOLUTION: Cultural Passing through "Cinematic" Video.
This article investigates video production in the early digital era in relation to the "cinematic mode," a practice in which video makers have attempted to emulate the look and feel of analog film with cheaper digital video. As a marker of esteem, professionalism, and legitimacy, the "cinematic look...
| Published in: | Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 91; pp. 5 - 16 |
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University of Texas Press
Spring2023
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