public marks

PUBLIC MARKS with tags film & space

November 2006

benditonontze.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

by jlesage
a fascinating narrative flash animation, perhaps a metaphor about war in our times

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.

U B U W E B

by jlesage & 28 others
"independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts"; lots on experimental film

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

architechtural, music, media blog

by jlesage & 2 others
well written; of use to media people, especially for mise en scene, ways of attending to space

Guardian Unlimited | Science | DNA discovery may crack old murder cases

by jlesage
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

Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler

by jlesage
semiotics, like connotation, and metaphor and metonymy are terms that convey how images bear meaning; valuable for anyone interested in film and photography

jan van eyck . avantgarde film biopolitics

by jlesage
list of films and readings putting together a film series and discussions of biopolitics in a new and interesting way; complete texts of accompanying theoretical readings

Street Media: A Thesis Proposal

by jlesage
Images found in an urban environment and how to evaluate them: a key component of photography, film, photos, visual anthropology.

course outline on social construction of space

by jlesage
understanding this topic is crucial for folks in the visual arts, especially documentarians

H-Net Review: John C. Ehrhardt on Tourism: Between Place and Performance

by jlesage
For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.

September 2006

Lens On Lebanon

by jlesage
"documentary material, photo narratives, and video diaries of daily life conceived, produced, and contributed by residents of Lebanon"

July 2006

timescape syllabus

by jlesage
course outline with interesting links, especially lecture notes: "Since the birth of cinema, architectural and urban space, and ideas of landscape have played a crucial role in the visual representation of space on screen."