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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tag users

16 November 2006

Sequence Analysis

by 1 other
by a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence

Visual Studies video projects

student work from advanced classes, 2003-2004

Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003

advanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto

lens culture: contemporary photography magazine

by 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.

Philosophy and Contemporary Culture

by 1 other
extensive links page for cultural studies, theory, web resources, major figures by a teacher

Squidoo

by 1 other
social bookmarking portal lets users share expertise on some subject; room for author's comments and explanations; more discursive than delicious; less writing than a blog; see "Visual Thinking," also "Ephemeral Films"

Seeing Is Believing?

another page of visual illusions with explanations

illusions.html

a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these

Revealing Pictures & Reflexive Frames 2004

visual anthropology open archive, photos with comments: "opportunity to examine photographic modes of communication across societies, cultures, and academic worlds"

Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory

deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field

15 November 2006

Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon

Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon

100 films

film blog; announces upcoming blogathons: Lovesick Cinema, Feb. 14; Unspoken Cinema, 08 January; Film Criticism, 01 December-03 December; Alfred Hitchcock, 15 November; large network of film bloggers write for these

14 November 2006

"Introduction to Poetry" -- Ben McGhee

more video and text animation, simple and effective -- 53 sec.

Puzzle JumpStation - Links to Puzzles on the Web

visual computer puzzles; if you have kids at your house or visiting, this will keep them busy for hours; levels from easy to difficult

13 November 2006

Center for History and New Media

by 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center

Zone-Tour : Database of Urban Exploration

by 2 others
look at ordinarily unseen places: technical galleries, attics, construction places, roofs, all those "No Entry" places that form a sort of parallel deserted town

$99,000 house

built out of shipping containers, schematics given; is this sustainability?

cin-o-matic

by 2 others
in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them

www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site

large site, attractive new design as of 11/06. essays, links, delving into popular culture and playing with it, theoretical explorations and savvy; highly recommended

Guerrilla Filmmaking 101

the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers