When Jeff was talking about how early film was just a single uncut scene (the factory workers leaving for the day) and the revolution of film through montage, I thought about how, interestingly enough, we’ve almost come around back to the beginning. Maybe only among the super nerdy film circles, you’ll hear about how blank…
As we all know, the art of movie trailers (mongtage) is very well understood. I’m a big fan of “recut” trailers which attempt to create entirely new movies out of existing films. For example, check out the original Office Space trailer. Now, check out the trailer for the “horror thriller” version. Finally, check out the…
If anyone in this class is interested in playing around with Second Life’s building and scripting tools, or if you know what you are doing and need a sandbox, I have some virtual property on which you can do so. If interested, contact Parker Pennell in Second Life (that’s one of my avatars), and she…
Gilliam Smith talks about the importance of IT systems to support social aspects of work AND leisure and that this is necessary for the well-being and the efficiency of the user. I know that Jeff has emphasized this throughout all of the classes I have taken with him, which has remained something I am very…
Interaction Culture 