Kamera cyfrowa jako medium tożsamości bohaterów filmowych spod znaku polskiej generacji X
Video Capture Camera as Identity Medium of Filmic Characters – Representatives of Polish Generation X

Author(s): Grzegorz Wójcik
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Media studies, Communication studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Polish generation X;Polish cinema; video capture camera
Summary/Abstract: The Polish Generation X characters came to existence in the period after 1989, when new media started to play a significant role in social reality and were also one of the most important indicators of Polish political and economic transformation. In the author's opinion, new media, such as video capture camera, exerted the most significant influence on the changing perception of reality among the young generation. In accordance with Marshall McLuhan’s popular statement: “the medium is the message”, we could say that video capture camera was not only a new medium but also a new way of reality perception. The consequence was a specific identity created by film characters. The main purpose of the article is to show the phenomenon of video capture camera in films of young Polish directors, such as Łukasz Barczyk, Mariusz Front, Iwona Siekierzyńska and Piotr Szczepański. The author reflects upon the way in which the characters – representatives of Polish generation X – use this medium and how it influences their identity.

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