Full Movie GIFs
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About
Full Movie GIFs are abridged versions of various feature films and TV show episodes that are presented in the single-file animated GIF format, usually compressed in file size and reduced in frame rate for optimized viewing experience.
Origin
On August 17th, 2012, Redditor sardonically[2] posted a thread to the /r/gif/[2] subreddit titled "Terminator 2. The whole thing. In GIF format. Sixty-three megabytes."
On November 6th, 2013, the subreddit /r/fullmoviegifs[1]was created by Redditor matt01ss. As of September 2014, the subreddit has gained over 6,000 readers.
Spread
On November 7th, the subreddit was covered by Uproxx[4] and Vice.[5] On November 8th, The Huffington Post[3] published an article covering the subreddit titled "Watch An Entire Movie Squeezed Into A Single GIF, Because Why Not." The same day it was covered by several websites including The Daily Dot[6] and Gizmodo.[7]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – fullmoviegifs
[2] Reddit – terminator_2_the_whole_thing_in_gif_format
[3] The Huffington Post – Watch An Entire Movie Squeezed Into A Single GIF, Because Why Not
[4] UpRoxx – People Are Cramming Entire Movies Into GIFs Now, And The Results Are Mesmerizing
[5] Vice – Watch Full Movies From Start To Finish In A Single GIF
[6] The Daily Dot – Watch the 1-minute GIF versions of your favorite movies
[7] Gizmodo – You can watch your favorite movies in one minute with these GIFs
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Tags: gif, movies, flipnotes, cinema,
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