Foregrounding the Digital Medium: Self-reference and Metareference in Video Essays

• Published in: Ekphrasis. Images, Cinema, Theory, Media Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 111 - 127
• Main Author: Drăgan, Cristian Eduard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Babeş-Bolyai University, Theatre and Television Faculty 01.01.2021; Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Facultatea de Teatru si Televiziune
• Subjects: Film / Cinema / Cinematography; Fine Arts / Performing Arts; Selfreference; selfrepresentation medium; mediumawareness; metareference; video essay; digital video; essay film

This article focuses on video essays — understood as that specific subgenre of audio-visual productions that can be considered the main descendent of the essay film. Both are, in a sense, subjective explorations of certain subject matters via cinematic means — with the prime exception that video ess...