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The Videographic Essay: Practice and PedagogyMain MenuThe Videographic EssayTable of ContentsIntroduction, Acknowledgements, and Further ReadingScholarship in Sound & Image: A Pedagogical EssayPedagogical essay authored by Christian Keathley and Jason MittellDissolves of PassionIn Dialogue: Eric Faden and Kevin B. LeeBecoming Videographic Critics: A Roundtable ConversationA conversation among practitioners curated by Jason MittellBut Is Any Of This Legal?Videographic ExercisesGallery of All ExercisesCreditsChristian Keathley0199b522721abf067a743773a226b6064fe22f8cJason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deCatherine Grantc9eab209ad26b2e418453515f6418aa2cbe20309
Alternative Trailers
1media/KA_09_ISBN9781927852040_Bookmobile_Cover.jpg2016-04-30T11:56:40-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de75431structured_gallery2016-04-30T11:56:40-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deThis assignment asked the participants to produce a sixty- to ninety-second ‘alternative’ trailer with the following constraints: the videos should use precisely three on-screen titles consisting of no more than five words each; and the videos should include at least three different transitions in addition to straight cuts. Further, each participant received one additional parameter from among these: all images must be of characters in motion; no close-ups of people, only objects; no shots using camera movement; shots can include no more than one person. The goal was to encourage the production of trailers which did not focus on story—which were not a narrative ‘preview’ of the film in question—but rather which highlighted other aspects of the film, such as its visual and aural patterns or its tone.
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12016-04-30T11:36:46-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deBelle de Jour Alternative Trailer1An exercise by Tracy Cox-Stantonplain2016-04-30T11:36:46-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:39:29-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deSuspiria Alternative Trailer1An exercise by Adam Hartplain2016-04-30T11:39:29-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:44:11-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deLa Ciénaga Alternative Trailer1An exercise by Michael Talbottplain2016-04-30T11:44:11-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:52:34-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deJauja Alternative Trailer1An exercise by Nic Poppeplain2016-04-30T11:52:34-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:53:45-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deNotorious Alternative Trailer1An exercise by John Gibbsplain2016-04-30T11:53:45-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
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12016-04-30T11:34:13-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deBelle de Jour Alternative TrailerJason Mittell1A Videographic Alternative Trailer for Belle de Jourplain2016-04-30T11:34:13-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:34:14-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deLa Ciénaga Alternative TrailerJason Mittell1A Videographic Alternative Trailer for La Ciénagaplain2016-04-30T11:34:14-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:34:14-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deSuspiria Alternative TrailerJason Mittell1A Videographic Alternative Trailer for Suspiriaplain2016-04-30T11:34:14-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de
12016-04-30T11:34:15-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945deJauja Alternative TrailerJason Mittell1A Videographic Alternative Trailer for Jaujaplain2016-04-30T11:34:15-07:00Jason Mittell06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de