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
09 November 2006
tashpix home page
by jlesage
group of collaborators dedicated to exploring the potentials of digital film making without preconceptions of content or style.
Expanded Cinema
by jlesage
series focused mainly on experimental film, early video, and sound-based, durational work
06 November 2006
Photoethnography.com
by jlesage
links to courses compiled by Karen Nakamura, who notes that most courses in Visual Anthropology teach visual analysis and not visual production
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
03 November 2006
02 November 2006
40 Things That Only Happen In Movies - Nostalgia Central
by jlesage & 5 others
witty observations on film narrative and visual continuity
01 November 2006
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
30 October 2006
ZoneZero from analog to digital photography
by jlesage & 2 others
a large, excellently curated photography site, including slide shows and discussions of key issues in photography and representation in general; highly recommended; under tutelage of Pedro Meyer; take "tour" first
Screens - Arts - New York Times Blog
by jlesage
Virginia Heffernan's blog; here a discussion about dance and music video on YouTube with popularity that does not depend on the viewer knowing English
18 October 2006
The Photography Channel
by jlesage
collection of audio/slideshows by skilled photographers, often in the context of photojournalism
17 October 2006
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
11 October 2006
Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling
by jlesage
this is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts
Digital Story Examples
by jlesage
a page leading to many examples, things you could make with imovie; from more than decade of practice from 1990-2003
10 October 2006
Democracy - Internet TV Platform - Free and Open Source
by jlesage & 55 others
download and play videos full size on your computer
09 October 2006
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
Bright Lights Film Journal | Welcome!
by jlesage & 1 other
well designed web site, excellent essays, covers experimental and gay/lesbian work
02 October 2006
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
"Junk Food Nation: Colwyn Griffith's Tourism Photographs" by Robert Evans
by jlesage
theory of tourist photogaphy discussed
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.
