01 December 2006
Four Word Film Review
by jlesage & 5 others
really, reviews in just four words for over 16,000 films
Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty
by jlesage
"Historiophoty" is Robert Rosentstone's term for our representing history visually and filmically; in contrast, according to White, is "historiography," representing history verbally, in prose.
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 others
Canadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
28 November 2006
27 November 2006
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 other
a very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 12 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
22 November 2006
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesage
It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
20 November 2006
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesage
various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
19 November 2006
Spout - We're talkin' movies
by jlesage
a movie search engine, blogspot, voting, good plot summaries, able to buy film
18 November 2006
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
by jlesage
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
14 November 2006
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
by jlesage
uses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
by jlesage
video by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
Forgetfulness. animated poem. text by Billy Collins
by jlesage
lyrical, good use of low res video on computer, experimental
13 November 2006
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesage
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
by jlesage
much of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
11 November 2006
benditonontze.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
by jlesage
a fascinating narrative flash animation, perhaps a metaphor about war in our times
03 November 2006
02 November 2006
Dialogic: Giorgio Agamben: Means Without Ends
by jlesage
a collection of ideas from Agamben that summarizes some of his key ideas; blog from "a dialogic provocateur searching for viable alternative/oppositional cultures." Much on film; many links.
40 Things That Only Happen In Movies - Nostalgia Central
by jlesage & 5 others
witty observations on film narrative and visual continuity
31 October 2006
Story Myth Dream Drama by Helena Sheehan
by jlesage
chapter one of "Irish Television Drama: A Society and Its Stories" offered by author online
18 October 2006
The Photography Channel
by jlesage
collection of audio/slideshows by skilled photographers, often in the context of photojournalism
16 October 2006
Cinema=Jean-Luc Godard=Cinema
by jlesage & 1 other
site with many links to online essays about Godard
