. . . media is and can be . . .

 

narrative


(still from Vertigo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Interstellar promotional image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shot from film

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


production set for Interstellar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


production set for Seinfeld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-fiction/documentary film:

 


Citizenfour by Laura Poitras

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Last Day of Freedom (2015) by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

formal


still from Michael Snow's "Wavelength"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lemonade - light, composition, silohuette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

form and content intersect - design, costume, light, sound, shot-composition, choreography

in many ways, this shot is about being under-water - the subject of the shot is the form - and the poetry of the sequence is catalyzed by this formal cinematic choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

propaganda/commercial


(ad from Truth Campaign)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

performative


Laurie Anderson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Amon Tobin (with V Squared Labs and Leviathan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

abstraction

Mary Ellen Bute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotboxxx by Beeple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

erotic


still from Y tu mamá también (2001)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pornographic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

terror / surveillance / enforcement / security


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Tulsa, Oklahoma - police helicopter video showing Terrance Cutcher's murder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dash-cam video showing arrest of Sandra Bland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


wikileaks released video of military surveilance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris caught on surveillance camera during Columbine massacre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Global Hawk drone imagery from relief effort in Haiti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIY Drone


iPhone sent 100,000 feet above Earth's surface using Weather Ballon. [ link ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

journalism


PBS News Hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CNN after June 2016 Orlando shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

educational

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viral and Social

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Instagram live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

archival


Prelinger Archives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

data-visualization


StarCAVE showing CAD visualization of chemical structures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


NASA Dataset from Solar storm in 2003 [ link to animated data-set ] - link to source

 

 

Curiosity Rover using Data-driven animation in real-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

decorative


Apple computer screen-saver


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sculptural


Nam June Paik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interactive


Camille Utterback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Donna Uchizono's "Thin Air"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAL MATERIALS TO CONSIDER AND REMEMBER

  • scale
  • time (duration)
  • light
  • movement
  • cutting & montage
  • shot design
  • rhythm & pace
  • inside/outside the frame
  • controlling time (speed)
  • the screen as object
  • color