However, you can also find a relaxed focus first, such as the news of A-films on big screens in the downtown area that will burst out every now and then. The impact of electronic screens on life can almost be described as "invasion" or "compression". The sense of absurdity shown by A-films in public places is nothing more than insignificant. In the future, all kinds of strange phenomena shown by screens will only become more and more exaggerated, transforming life more and more thoroughly.
Regarding the title of "Black Mirror", I didn't think much about it. I only know that the three independent stories are all about modern media and technology. Now I understand that this "mirror" is a screen all over our lives.
The three reflections on media and technology shown in the three episodes are all based on the screen. The screen is the protagonist of this TV series. Moreover, the arrangement of the three episodes has its inherent order: the
first episode shows the screen that has existed for a long time, that is, the television; the
second episode shows the screen that is now developing and becoming more and more flooded, that is, it is all over the world. This kind of electronic display screen in public and private space, the play just made a reasonable imagination of the prospect of this kind of screen, maybe in the near future, our life will be completely surrounded by the display screen, only to see Virtual things, and it is difficult to see the real scene.
The third episode imagines a more distant future, and is related to the storage and reproduction of personal memories. We can store all the content we see and hear on the chip in our brain. Not only can we replay it in front of our eyes at any time, but we can also watch it on the screen with others. This technology has not yet appeared, but it is not impossible.
The development history of the screen is the personal viewing history. The three episodes of "Black Mirror" clearly remind us of the "three-step" process from watching leaders and celebrities-to watching civilians and grassroots figures-and finally to watching ourselves.
The earliest screen was not a television, but a big movie screen. At that time, the audience had to sit together in a cinema or open square, looking up. The first movie is more similar to the nature of a promotional film. Even if the main feature is a feature film, a leader's speech is usually inserted in the beginning of the film. And decades later, more leaders appeared on the TV, and people no longer looked up, but watched while eating, using politicians as a condiment. Until now, the word leader no longer exists, and there are more politicians who can't hide in front of the screen. The British Prime Minister in the first episode of "Black Mirror" was forced to have sex with a pig in front of the TV camera under the pressure of public opinion, completely reversing the position between the leader and the people.
We are now in the second stage, which is keen to watch grassroots figures. Whether it is a reality TV show or a hot spot on Weibo, grassroots are already more attractive to people than celebrities. On the one hand, everyone can be valued and have a sense of existence. On the other hand, everyone can be trapped and lose their own space. In the second episode of "Black Mirror", people's lives are only left to watch others on the screen. There are only two types of people left: one is the viewer, and the other is the watched person. In this mode, you have no other choice at all, and you are forced to watch and be watched.
The third stage, the stage of watching oneself, has now revealed its rudiment, as evidenced by countless selfies with a 45-degree angle on the phone. We have never been so narcissistic. In the third episode of "Black Mirror", the self-examination reaches the extreme. Once memory reproduction technology becomes possible, you will stop the reality that is happening at any time and play back scenes from the past in your mind. When every word and expression of yours can become a clear memory specimen that will always exist, and can be seen by others, the pressure caused by this will undoubtedly make your life fall into one. asphyxia.
The scary thing is that for some people, this has partially become a reality. Those who are particularly narcissistic will save their countless moments through photos, videos, and text; for those who are eager to peep, they will hide in the dark, copy what they see and encapsulate them privately, even if The other party has deleted the original document and can take it out as evidence in court at any time. The relationship between people may be at risk at any time because of these reproducible memories.
The development of personal viewing history from celebrities to grassroots to oneself is essentially a process of conversion and confusion between public and private. At the beginning, there was a clear boundary between public and private. Those who can be on the camera are generally power and elite figures. As long as he is in front of the camera, he will consciously show a certain posture suitable for publicity, and will not put him on the camera. The facial expressions in the bedroom and toilet are brought over. The development of media power at any time is no longer satisfied with low-profile cooperation with the subject, but a powerful intrusion into their lives. Slowly, the media began to deviate from the original intention of supervising power, and behaviors that were not related to the use of power by some powerful figures would also fall into the lens and become a means to please the civilians. Later, civilians became more and more public figures, and at the same time, their private lives were also shaken out. At the end of this development, both elites and civilians have gone from being forced to be exposed to taking the initiative to open up. After being voyeurized too much, people finally began to put down their precautions, take the initiative to expose themselves, and join this carnival era where only voyeurism and exhibitionism remain.
To put it simply, what we see is such a trajectory: watching the public image of the elite-watching the private image of the elite-watching the public image of the grass roots-watching the private image of the grass roots-both the elite and the grass roots are keen to expose their own In the
end of the development of private image , everyone loses interest in watching others, and only wants to be watched, so everyone can only watch themselves. Voyeurism gradually disappeared, and everyone was an exhibitionist.
A typical event of public-private confusion such as showing A-films on big screens in downtowns is likely to eventually develop into a public place where you broadcast your own sex video, only to find that no second person is willing to stop watching.
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