But the movie itself is art though? It’s a conglomeration of art, but also art itself, not a medium to convey art, but art as a whole

No one says “the medium of painting” or “the medium of sculpture”

Linking this, but my point is that I think the conflation of the two words does a slight disservice to the form as a whole, subtly, slightly, but there still is a minor psychological difference, and we should avoid this by just saying “artform” lol

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I think it absolutely can contribute to an overall lessening of understanding of games as art as a whole if we use “artform” less than “medium,” for sure

“medium” is a word for a tool within an artform to contribute to said work, not the general form of the work itself, this is a colloquialization

Yes, and it shouldn’t be used interchangeably with / instead of the term “artform,” it means a different thing

People say “medium” when they mean “artform” and I think thats lame and we should stop doing that lol

And don’t get me started on the word “media,” that’s arguably even used in worse ways

My point is that it’s THE example of the popularization of using “medium” in this way

And no it absolutely was meant to convey the usage of actual physical film reels, just as oil is a medium within a painting, film is the medium within the artform of cinema

Like it’s totally an improper shorthand