Open AccessTime for the theme park ride-through video
Author(s) -
Kyle Meikle
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2022.2203
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , theme park , promotion (chess) , advertising , visual arts , projection (relational algebra) , media studies , history , sociology , art , computer science , world wide web , political science , archaeology , business , law , politics , tourism , algorithm
The theme park ride-through video—a first-person recording of a themed attraction, usually shared on YouTube—operates in the past, present, and future tense, offering viewers a record, simulation, and projection of the theme park experience. These different tenses encourage us to see the theme park ride-through video as, variously and at the same time, an archive, a performance, and a promotion.