. . . media is and can be . . .
narrative
(still from Vertigo)
Interstellar promotional image
shot from film
production set for Interstellar
production set for Seinfeld
Non-fiction/documentary film:
Citizenfour by Laura Poitras
Last Day of Freedom (2015) by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones
formal
still from Michael Snow's "Wavelength"
Lemonade - light, composition, silohuette
form and content intersect - design, costume, light, sound, shot-composition, choreography
in many ways, this shot is about being under-water - the subject of the shot is the form - and the poetry of the sequence is catalyzed by this formal cinematic choice.
propaganda/commercial
(ad from Truth Campaign)
performative
Laurie Anderson
Amon Tobin (with V Squared Labs and Leviathan)
abstraction
Hotboxxx by Beeple
erotic
still from Y tu mamá también (2001)
pornographic
terror / surveillance / enforcement / security
Tulsa, Oklahoma - police helicopter video showing Terrance Cutcher's murder
dash-cam video showing arrest of Sandra Bland
wikileaks released video of military surveilance
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Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris caught on surveillance camera during Columbine massacre.
Global Hawk drone imagery from relief effort in Haiti
DIY Drone
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iPhone sent 100,000 feet above Earth's surface using Weather Ballon. [ link ]
journalism
PBS News Hour
CNN after June 2016 Orlando shooting
educational
Viral and Social
zoom
Instagram live
archival
data-visualization
StarCAVE showing CAD visualization of chemical structures
NASA Dataset from Solar storm in 2003 [ link to animated data-set ] - link to source
Curiosity Rover using Data-driven animation in real-time
decorative
Apple computer screen-saver
sculptural
Nam June Paik
interactive
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Camille Utterback
Donna Uchizono's "Thin Air"
FORMAL MATERIALS TO CONSIDER AND REMEMBER
- scale
- time (duration)
- light
- movement
- cutting & montage
- shot design
- rhythm & pace
- inside/outside the frame
- controlling time (speed)
- the screen as object
- color