01 December 2006
Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty
"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.
28 November 2006
Naturesongs Digital Recordings and Photos from Nature!
insects, animals, weather, water, birds, etc. and their sounds
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
"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."
20 November 2006
Visual Anthropology Review
online journal
Visualising Ethnography
gateway site with links, courses, intereviews, tips
culture.info - sharing knowledge for culture - visual
the visual page from a large European web portal for arts professionals; another page is for media
Notes on The Gaze
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
Welcome to Transparency
by 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"
19 November 2006
Video History Project: Resources
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
18 November 2006
Dave Harris and Colleagues
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
16 November 2006
Visual Studies video projects
student work from advanced classes, 2003-2004
THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
online book, 2006
Visual Ethnographies
links page
14 November 2006
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
video by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
13 November 2006
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy
a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available
12 November 2006
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
11 November 2006
Newest Webcams
by 12 othersrandom live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance
Boohbah Zone
by 1 otherdelightful interactive flash animation; if you have children or kids in the house, they will love this
06 November 2006
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
links to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
31 October 2006
Story Myth Dream Drama by Helena Sheehan
chapter one of "Irish Television Drama: A Society and Its Stories" offered by author online
21 October 2006
Counterblast :: The E-journal of Communication and Culture
reviews in cultural studies, film, and television; from NYU
16 October 2006
Guardian Unlimited | Science | DNA discovery may crack old murder cases
news article that gives new plot device to use in crime tv scripts or detective films; new way to interpret old or poor quality DNA samles
Kate Bornstein's Blog for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws: The Voice Lesson
"Kate Bornstein in a slide show version of "The Voice Lesson," a trans-positive, feminist, funny look at how women are expected to talk." Makes good use of audio as unique medium for exposition of this content. Example of how audio slide show works.
