Future Cinema

Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada

Thoughts on Manovich, Kinder, and Database Cinema…

Hi folks — since I’ll not be in class today, I thought I’d share a few thoughts in reaction to this week’s readings as a roundabout response to Slav & Shiyam’s discussion questions.

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Tue, November 21 2017 » Future Cinema, Manovich, database, interfaces, narrative » No Comments

Bachelard, Manovich, and the Poetics of Space (Augmented or Otherwise)

Hello everyone—here is a brief summary and attempted synthesis of the Bachelard and Manovich readings, with a few questions for discussion at the end. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts and impressions in class! – Seb

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Tue, October 10 2017 » Manovich, augmented reality, seminar summaries » No Comments

Lev Manovich Soft Cinema

The following are two different video clips of Lev Manovich’s Soft Cinema (following our discussion on Database Cinema):
https://vimeo.com/44602928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hn-AUJ2NnY
- Erica

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Wed, October 21 2015 » Future Cinema, Manovich, database » No Comments

Marker’s IMMEMORY….

“…electronic texture is the only one that can deal with sentiment, memory, and imagination.” – Chris Marker

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Tue, February 19 2008 » Derrida, Future Cinema 2, Manovich, database, digital cinema, digital storytelling, documentary, globalization, history, narrative » 1 Comment

Week 3 Database work/soft Cinema

Required:
Martha Kinder “Designing a Database Cinema”
Lev Manovich “Soft Cinema (FC)
Lev Manovich “database as a symbolic form” (online)
Chris Marker “Immemory” (FC)
Thomas Elsaesser, “The New Film History as Media Archeology”
To be screened in class:
Soft cinema CD-ROM
Immemory CD-ROM
tracing the Decay of Fiction DVD-ROM
the Labyrinth project, USC
Recommended:
Marc Lafia “variable Montage” (FC)
Lev Manovich Soft Cinema CD-ROM + [...]

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Thu, September 8 2005 » Manovich, database, syllabus » No Comments

Week 9, Digital Cinema/animation

week 9 — Week 9, March 2nd, Digital Cinema/animation
Required:
Lev Manovich what is digital cinema?
Vivian Sobchack “Nostalgia for Digital Object”
Ron Burnett, “Reanimating the World”
Sean Cubitt, “Vectors of Effect”
Recommended: Lev Manovich Little movies (online)
Nora Barry “telling Stories as Screens: A History of Web Cinema”

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Sat, September 3 2005 » Manovich, animation, digital cinema, syllabus » No Comments