Have you ever heard of movies about screen life? If you are not familiar with them, films of this style take place completely on the screens of electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and other digital media.
This approach aims to replicate the digital experience that we all live in our daily lives, allowing the plot to develop through digital interfaces, such as chat, social networks, email, among others.
Have you ever seen a film that uses this technique? Below we present a list of the five best films on screen.
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While he didn’t pioneer the lifestyle on screen, it was the horror film “Friendship Broken” that truly popularized this approach.
With a plot that takes place entirely on a computer screen, the story revolves around a group of teenagers who are chatting online when a mysterious and suspicious account joins the video call.
Initially attributing the incident to a technical problem, the boys soon begin receiving messages from someone claiming to be a classmate who has been deceased for more than a year.
From there, they will try to discover the true identity of the mysterious tale, facing revelations and tormenting secrets.
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A thriller whose plot is presented exclusively through computer and smartphone screens, “Buscando…” received praise from specialized critics and was a commercial success. The feature film stars John Cho and Debra Messing.
In the story, a father (Cho) embarks on a desperate search for his sixteen-year-old daughter, who has mysteriously disappeared. The man launches an in-depth investigation into the young woman’s digital life, rummaging through her social networks, emails, text messages and other electronic files to reconstruct the events that preceded her enigmatic disappearance.
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An independent continuation of “Buscando…”, the thriller “Desaparecida” follows the same cinematic approach and tells the story of a teenager in search of her mother, who mysteriously disappeared during a holiday in Colombia with her boyfriend.
This time it is the daughter who uses all the technological and digital resources available to reconstruct the events that happened. The film’s cast includes Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney and Nia Long.
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Based on the book “In the Skin of a Jihadist”, the thriller “Profile” is written, directed and produced by on-screen cinema pioneer Timur Bekmambetov (who also produced all the other previous films on this list). The cast is led by Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh and Morgan Watkins.
The narrative takes place on the computer screen of a British journalist (Kane) investigating the Islamic State’s online recruitment of young Westerners.
While creating the online persona of a woman recently converted to Islam, the journalist comes into communication with a Syrian recruiter (Latif). However, she ends up falling in love with him, starting a dangerous relationship.
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Mixing elements of comedy and horror, “Spree” is a satirical film that explores the obsession with fame on social media.
Starring Joe Keery, the film follows an app driver determined to become a social media phenomenon. To achieve instant fame, the man devises a plan: install cameras in his car and kill his passengers live.
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