20 November 2006
Pajiba - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People
by jlesage & 2 others
movie and tv review site, very current, well written, various authors
culture.info - sharing knowledge for culture - visual
by jlesage
the visual page from a large European web portal for arts professionals; another page is for media
Notes on The Gaze
by jlesage
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
Welcome to Transparency
by jlesage & 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
by jlesage
extensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
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
Early Visual Media
by jlesage & 1 other
pre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesage
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesage
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
16 November 2006
Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003
by jlesage
advanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto
15 November 2006
Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon
by jlesage
Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon
Senses of Cinema
by jlesage
one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
by jlesage
documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
14 November 2006
Word Circuits
by jlesage
"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones." An excellent resource with both online poetry, often Flash poetry, and other links.
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
"Introduction to Poetry" -- Ben McGhee
by jlesage
more video and text animation, simple and effective -- 53 sec.
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
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101
by jlesage
the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
by jlesage
much of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
