The art of film and video, as opposed to other media, relies on visual devices to tell stories. “The Hurt Locker,” is a good example of a film using imagery to tell its story. Often, though, films are more literal; that is, they rely more on narrative devices to drive the story, an example might be “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” which was adapted from a novel by Ken Kesey.
Here is a list of films we’ve watched, in no special order. In your view, do these films fit into one or another category, or are they blends of both literal and visual story telling techniques?
BEFORE YOU GO SEARCHING OUT THE SECRETS FOR TOMORROW’S TEST, BE AWARE THAT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, BY THE END OF CLASS, YOU ARE TO TURN IN (WHICH YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO LAST WEEK!) A PARAGRAPH DEFINING AS NEARLY AS YOU CAN, THE “GOAL” OF YOUR COLLABORATION. THIS “DEFINING PARAGRAPH” WILL CONTAIN, WHY YOU CHOSE YOUR GROUP’S TOPIC, WHY IT IS IMPORTANT, AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO SHOW THROUGH YOUR RESEARCH.
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A lot of you are fans of the site Wolfram Alpha recently purchased by Google. Here’s it’s creator:
“Digital Future” collaboration people may want to check out Pranav Mistry on TED video — You know about sixth sense computing, but this may give you some ideas.
Words To Pixels -- Where the answer may lie... 