. . . 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
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris caught on surveillance camera during Columbine massacre.
Global Hawk drone imagery from relief effort in Haiti
DIY Drone
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
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