04 December 2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
by jlesage
Film professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
01 December 2006
Media Art Net | Sitemap
by jlesage
English site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet
Cinemarati Blog
by jlesage
"brings together online film critics for serious, and seriously fun, discussion about film"; links to blogs by selected critics
No More Marriages!: Welcome To The Film Criticism Blog-a-Thon!
by jlesage
Andy Hobal's film blog runs a carnival on film criticism; the film bloggers run many blogathons and garner good accumulated comments
27 November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 others
again, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 11 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by jlesage & 19 others
Metacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
26 November 2006
MIT communications forum archive
by jlesage
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
20 November 2006
Pajiba - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People
by jlesage & 2 others
movie and tv review site, very current, well written, various authors
Notes on The Gaze
by jlesage
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
19 November 2006
Video History Project: Resources
by jlesage
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
Community and Activist Video - Welcome to the Videosphere!
by jlesage
especially about Chicago in the 1970s and 80s; the experimental and activist media communities have always been close here
Chicago's Video Underground
by jlesage
1973 article about portapak pioneers in Chicago video, also Dan Sandin, who invented an early image processor; it's about my generation and my people, so I love it, as I loved the Sandin Image Processor
18 November 2006
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesage
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
16 November 2006
Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003
by jlesage
advanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto
15 November 2006
Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon
by jlesage
Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon
14 November 2006
"Introduction to Poetry" -- Ben McGhee
by jlesage
more video and text animation, simple and effective -- 53 sec.
13 November 2006
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesage
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101
by jlesage
the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers
12 November 2006
Free, Comprehensive Audio and Video Course
by jlesage
Television Production--A Free, Interactive Course in Studio and Field Production by Ron Whittaker, from cybercollege
06 November 2006
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
by jlesage
links to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
