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Zoom In Online: the internet video channel providing essential info on media & entertainment
by jlesagebusiness and technology for media artists; many interesting perspectives and tech histories
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 11 othersuseful 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 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds
by jlesage & 41 others, 1 commentsearch the web for material for your soundmixes; various file formats and sampling rates can be specified
Early Visual Media
by jlesage & 1 otherpre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003
by jlesageadvanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
by jlesageuses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
"Introduction to Poetry" -- Ben McGhee
by jlesagemore video and text animation, simple and effective -- 53 sec.
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
by jlesagevideo by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
Forgetfulness. animated poem. text by Billy Collins
by jlesagelyrical, good use of low res video on computer, experimental
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesageinvaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
EasyRGB - The first RGB and COLOR search engine on the Web!
by jlesage & 11 otherspractical suggestions about real life colors matching computer generated RGBs.
Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons
by jlesageanother how-to site for a skill useful for film and videomakers' storyboard making
Boohbah Zone
by jlesage & 1 otherdelightful interactive flash animation; if you have children or kids in the house, they will love this
Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources
by jlesagereference material for all electronic media-- video & television production, audio work, still imagery & graphics, website design; excellent quick guides and tutorials, on things like video streaming
OUP: Cartwright & Sturken: "Practices of Looking"
by jlesageOxford U. Press offers PDFs of chapters one and nine of this introduction to visual culture
the complete idiot's [eejit's] guide to all aspects of filmmaking
by jlesageclear and witty, useful for practitioners as refresher or for students, especially production teachers
Film Sound Cliches
by jlesage & 1 otherhumorous notes, of use to teachers and screenwriters, about unobserved narrative audio signals
Media Studies - Televisuality
by jlesagea wonderful site, with examples, that explains how tv works visually
Film Analysis
by jlesagean extensive and well illustrated--with stills and clips--analysis of film aesthetics and terminology; a good basic resource for any media teacher or film lover to spend time working through