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
Four Word Film Review
by jlesage & 4 others
really, reviews in just four words for over 16,000 films
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
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 others
Canadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
30 November 2006
27 November 2006
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 other
a very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
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
22 November 2006
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesage
It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
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
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesage
various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
18 November 2006
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesage
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
by jlesage
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
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
cin-o-matic
by jlesage & 2 others
in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101
by jlesage
the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers
