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screenlife

screenlife noun: a subgenre or format of film in which the majority of the action is presented via diegetic digital interfaces (such as video calls or instant messages).

Noun

screenlife (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre or format of film in which the majority of the action is presented via diegetic digital interfaces (such as video calls or instant messages).
    • Screenlife tends to be most interesting to me when it has a found footage feel to it.
    • Bekmambetov sees Screenlife as an ideal platform for exploring fascinating true-life stories.2018 September 4, Isaac Feldberg, “'Screenlife' thrillers like Searching are here to stay; here are 9 on the horizon”, in Entertainment Weekly

Examples of screenlife in a sentence

  • It's extremely difficult to procure, but any screenlife completist should make an effort to track down The Collingswood Story, if only to appreciate how far webcam technology has come in two decades.2021 June 25, Grant Rindner, “The History of Screenlife Films: 10 Key Movies in An Exciting New Genre”, in GQ:
  • You know, one thing that I kind of think about when I think about this genre and wonder is, for each of you, do you think that screenlife takes a moral stance about the technology that it uses?2023 January 25, Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, “Has the screenlife format of the new thriller 'Missing' gone stale by now?”, in All...

Origin of screenlife

From screen + life.

Questions about screenlife

What does screenlife mean?
Screenlife means a subgenre or format of film in which the majority of the action is presented via diegetic digital interfaces (such as video calls or instant messages).
How do you use screenlife in a sentence?
It's extremely difficult to procure, but any screenlife completist should make an effort to track down The Collingswood Story, if only to appreciate how far webcam technology has come in two decades.
What part of speech is screenlife?
Screenlife is a noun.

Words near screenlife in the dictionary

  1. screenland
  2. screenless
  3. screenlessness
  4. screenlet
  5. screenlets
  6. screenlife
  7. screenlike
  8. screenman
  9. screenmen
  10. screenname
  11. screennames

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