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Time and resolution: Experiments in high-definition image making

Flaxton, Terry

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Abstract

High-definition (HD) technology is powering a paradigm change within the digital domain. This article is an attempt to reveal and explore the aesthetics, the technologies and theoretical issues that are at stake through the embracing of this new medium, whilst trying to be mindful of the effects of remediation. As such, this is a report of the enquiry undertaken on a practical level over the first year of a creative fellowship. This is fundamentally concerned with whether increased resolution creates deeper engagement and interaction for an audience and how that engagement functions through audience response. HD is only the first of many levels or quanta of resolution that is now available to us and is the first sign of a change in the use of these powerful and intelligent technologies and their implied meanings, as yet un-described within contemporary media theory. © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Flaxton, T. (2009). Time and resolution: Experiments in high-definition image making. Journal of Media Practice, 10(2-3), 123-147. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.10.2-3.123_1

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Journal Journal of Media Practice
Print ISSN 1468-2753
Electronic ISSN 2040-0926
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 2-3
Pages 123-147
DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.10.2-3.123_1
Keywords audience engagement, commodification, electronic cinematography, high definition, the gaze
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1002497
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.10.2-3.123_1
Related Public URLs http://www.academia.edu/204068/Time_and_Resolution_Experiments_in_high_definition_image_making