digital cinema

Quick programming note: I’ll be interviewed live tomorrow, Tuesday, September 8, at noon EDT on Blog Talk Radio by Wayne Clingman, a big supporter of DIY filmmaking and the film community in Wisconsin.  The show will be available live here and will then become permanently available on iTunes (I’ll post that link when it’s available, too).  We will talk about my book and hopefully other issues related to digital cinema, but the keyword for me right now is “live,” as in ... read more »

It’s a few days old, but David Bordwell’s discussion of transmedia storytelling has been bouncing around in my thoughts over the last few days.  Coming across my radar at around the same time as Henry Jenkins’ thoughtful reading of the ongoing District 9 universe, Bordwell’s post has had me thinking again about how transmedia narratives not only serve as forms of marketing but also as enticing new storytelling modes.  I like Bordwell’ ... read more »

The voting for South by Southwest presentation proposals ends tonight.  If you haven’t voted yet, I’d really appreciate your vote for my presentation on film blogging.   Thanks to everyone who has voted and commented so far.  I really appreciate it.  Now, here are some of my recent film and media reads: ... read more »

Here is the English translation of an interview I recently conducted with Luciano Trigo, a journalist for the Brazilian website Globo.com.  Luciano is an astute observer of some of the changes taking place in the film industry today, and it was especially beneficial for me to learn from him about how these changes might be felt differently outside the United States.  I’ve included the English transltion of the interview below the fold. ... read more »

Some of the recent film and media links that have crossed my radar recently: ... read more »

As the public voting on proposed South by Southwest panels comes to a close on September 4, I just wanted to make a quick reminder to everyone that I have a proposed presentation on film blogging in the running for inclusion at this year’s festival.  Audience support counts for 33% of the overall score when the organizers weigh which panels to include, so your votes would be appreciated.  I’ve never been to South by Southwest, but given my research areas, I think it would be a valuable learning experience.  Now for som ... read more »

Via Anne Thompson, a look at the most recent update of the “Downfall Meme,” the long-running video mashup technique, in which a video creator takes an iconic scene in the movie Downfall, in which Adolf Hitler, as played by Bruno Ganz, has a complete meltdown, and substitutes new subtitles, creating the effect that a hapless Hitler is complaining about the fall of the Republican Party or ... read more »

Sundays are usually slow days in the blogosphere, but I came across some interesting reading and videos that I want to post before the work week begins and I get swamped by teaching responsibilities: ... read more »

Now that my first day of classes are done and I can stop fretting over syllabi, I’ve been catching up on a huge backlog of blog reading.  As usual, I now feel like I’m about a month behind everyone else, but here are some of the reads that have been inspiring me to think lately: ... read more »

I’m still tweaking my three syllabi for fall semester, for my Film and Visual Literacy, Introduction to Literature, and First-Year Composition courses.  I briefly discussed my plans for an “adaptation” theme in my Introduction to Literature course the other day, but after a comment from Rob Rushing, I may tweak the language to suggest something closer to “resonances,” to allow for some other kinds of echoes (I love the idea of dis ... read more »