[Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread franco base
Hi. Can you suggest me some books about connection between film and Visual Perception? Something like Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception focalized on Film. For example Id' like to investigate the behavoir of human brain during the black intervals between frames or during flicker or during

Re: [Frameworks] MFJ No. 55 Table of Contents

2012-02-21 Thread Bernard Roddy
Next issue: The immaterial of film? From: MIllennium Film Journal m...@mfj-online.org To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:27 AM Subject: [Frameworks] MFJ No. 55 Table of Contents In

[Frameworks] Camera

2012-02-21 Thread miriam sampaio
Hi folks Anyone on this list living in Lisbon, Portugal? If so wondering if it would be at all possible for someone to lend me a video camera for Thursday and Friday of this week? If you contact me off list I can explain the project etc. Thanks so much! Miriam

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread Jonathan Thomas
'Light Moving in Time' by William Wees is a good place to start, I think. Also, there's a great page here that collects essays by Paul Sharits - definitely worth a look as filmic perception was a fundamental concern of his. Jonathan cinema metafisica - artistic research into the cinematic

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread Jonathan Thomas
Of course, Arnheim did write an ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION focused on film - FILM AS ART. Though the science behind it has largely been discredited, it's still a very important work, a totally enjoyable read, and, I think, a valid aesthetic statement. Indeed. The main reason why I like

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread nicky . hamlyn
You could look here for a visual psychology take on things, which includes film-like experiments: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/demo_ind.html Nicky Hamlyn. -Original Message- From: franco base frenk.ca...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread nicky . hamlyn
In relation to Arnheim's limitations point below, there's a brilliant interview with jean Renoir here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCrOLcDbjE Nicky. -Original Message- From: Jonathan Thomas cinemametafis...@yahoo.co.uk To: Experimental Film Discussion List

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Take a look at Jonathan Crary's writing. He has a few books that refer to perception and early cinema (although his analysis is situated in a larger visual arts/ cultural context). I recommend *Techniques of the Observer *for what you're after*.* -- Forwarded message --

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread Francisco Torres
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Re: [Frameworks] War Films Featuring Prayer

2012-02-21 Thread Francisco Torres
The Beginning or The End (1947) The Enola Gay praying before take off. Priceless. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] War Films Featuring Prayer

2012-02-21 Thread George Robinson
Sergeant York, Saving Private Ryan (the sniper praying) g On 2/21/2012 2:51 PM, Francisco Torres wrote: The Beginning or The End (1947) The Enola Gay praying before take off. Priceless. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com

[Frameworks] Film Stuff - Free or Nearly so

2012-02-21 Thread Steven Gladstone
Hey okay, so I'm getting rid of a bunch of film gear and such that is superfluous to my continued existence - My wife will kill me if I try to take it with me when we move. Please check out the list at: http://www.gladstonefilms.com/GEAR_For_Free_or_Nearly_Free.html Available This Thursday,

[Frameworks] Please post ASIAN CINEMA STUDIES SOCIETY CONFERENCE

2012-02-21 Thread Gina Marchetti
*ASIAN CINEMA STUDIES SOCIETY CONFERENCE * *March 16-20, 2012, University of Hong Kong * (post-conference events on March 21) The tentative program for the 2012 international meeting of the Asian Cinema Studies Society is now available online. We have scheduled a dynamic