screenlife

English

Etymology

screen +‎ life

Noun

screenlife (uncountable)

1. (film) 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.

   • 2018 September 4, Isaac Feldberg, “'Screenlife' thrillers like Searching are here to stay; here are 9 on the horizon”, in Entertainment Weekly‎^[1]:

     Bekmambetov sees Screenlife as an ideal platform for exploring fascinating true-life stories.

   • 2021 June 25, Grant Rindner, “The History of Screenlife Films: 10 Key Movies in An Exciting New Genre”, in GQ‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2023 January 25, Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, “Has the screenlife format of the new thriller 'Missing' gone stale by now?”, in All Things Considered‎^[3], NPR:

     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?