Dictionary for Post-Cinema

Post-cinema

(Defined by Lilean Buhl)

“Post-cinema“ is the term media critics use when referring to the media landscape of the 21st century. Denson (2016) characterizes the term as “The collection of media, and the mediation of life forms that ‘follows’ the broadly cinematic regime of the 20^th century”. Were television and cinema the main media through which consumers received moving images in the 20^th century, the domination of these forums has been broken down into a new paradigm by forces of technological advancement, globalization, mobility, and consumership. A break with as well as a reformulation of the 20^th century-paradigm, post-cinematic art has made its way into theaters, TV broadcasts, serials, apps, games, and other channels of consumption. How these new forms of reception influence the production and dissemination of cultural content is one of the central questions of post-cinematic thought. The term also works towards formulating the current media landscape as exactly that – a landscape, diverse and multifaceted in its characteristics, but interconnected in its conceptual roots.

Precinema—Cinema—Postcinema

Stages	Representation	Features
Pre-cinema era	Optical toys -Phenakistiscope -Zoetrope	Ø Simple devices/content Ø Repetition of single action Ø Disks or strips as carrier Ø Active viewer
Cinema era	Moving-picture show Film/Movie shown in cinema -movie theatre	Ø Immersive experience(darkness, huge screen) Ø Long-lasting narration Ø (roll) film as carrier Ø Passive viewer
Post-cinema era	Online digital videos/films -Internet(Netflix)	Ø Convenient watching experience(anytime and anywhere) Ø Viewing in open environment Ø Pixels, or more accurately, binary data(0 and 1) as carrier Ø Quite active viewer