"Perhaps the ubiquity of computer screens in our lives, which demand that we switch our attention back and forth between multiple windows, to say nothing of the split-screen capacities of televisions which allow viewers to watch the action on two or more channels simultaneously, may be developing a hunger in the spectator for more complexity on the cinema screen as well. Lev Manovich in The Language of New Media predicts that the next generation of cinmea will increasingly add multiple 'windows' or split screens to its language."
Fabe, Marilyn. Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique.
University of California Press, 2004.
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The fact that film has also begun its movement into multitasking foretells a transformation in the way we understand reality. The sense of simultaneity in Figgis' timecode is something that I'd like to explore in detail with my projects, but also, more importantly, with a global consciousness.
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