In regards to film theory, are we saying that the opposition ‘realism vs. formalism’ mirrors the opposition ‘phenomenology vs. structuralism’? Is realism in film purely phenomenological and formalism in film purely structuralist? I came across the following entry in wikipedia under ‘Formalist Film Theory’ and ‘Ideological Formalism’: “It can be argued that, by this [formalist]…
I like how Aaron reflects the film theory back to HCI. The similarities and dissimilarities between these two are really good insights to review HCI. Another topic covered both in the reading and the question for in-class exercise might be “realism” and “formalism.” I am not sure if I understand them right. Concerning realism, cinema phtographically copy…
In a conversation on thursday with Marty and Tim about practical uses of phenomenology as descriptive and prescriptive in HCI, it occurred to me that i’d recently used a phenomenological lens without realizing it. One of the biggest challenges we’ve had over the past 6 months in designing BigTreeTop.com was understanding the sometimes aligned, sometimes…
So with the last question Jeff gave us for our in-class exercise on Thursday I was happy that we are starting to relate film theory and the philosophy stuff (which I have really enjoyed, don’t get me wrong!) back to HCI. This was in fact a major drawback of a couple parts of a course…
Usual disclaimers apply: This was typed very quickly and hasn’t been edited for style, content, layout, completeness, for non-aaron comprehension. If it’s not helpful for me to post these, please let me know. Scientific VisualizationsTM Time axis, we started in the rocks and then our awareness of theory has increased and concommitantly our stress…
EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry) is, as its name suggests, a conference about the implications and uses of ethnography in industry. I was a little surprised (and pleased) that about 80% of the presenters and participants were from industry, and only about 20% were academics. Intel, Microsoft, and IBM are very well represented here, as…
Maybe many of you have been to this website. Scivee is like the Youtube for scientists and researchers. The website is created by UC San Diego and the patron behind this is National Science Foundation(NSF). Subjects on this site are mainly about bioengineering and medicine. Users post their papers, presentations and research processes online and…
BRUCE WILLIS Color – as in Sin City or Hero o Color effects mood, draws attention to various aspects • Lighting – o Lighting effects mood • Sound o • Montage • Camera Position • Mise en scene o Overall composition –props, actors, scene • Acting • Special effects o Constructed sets o Backdrops o …
• Exercise for Thursday o The following exercise shall be led and facilitated by the three Ph.D. students. o 45 minutes: Get into groups of 2-3. Answer the following questions: 1. What are some specific cinematic issues or techniques in the representation of reality (e.g., realism versus formalism)? Come up with a list. 2. Pick…
photos as statistic pictures are reminder of the past time, here and then. Films, a serial of pictures which was called motion plus audio provide a much more vivid scenes to us. And we get a kind of here and now illusion. After we get the illusion, we enjoy them a lot. TV shows, movies…
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