EckmanS+In-Class+Responses

(Ramage. 1, 31.)
 * Production**: Along with persuasion and interpretation, production is always dealt with in rhetoric. The production of a "symbolic act" will always be different depending on who is producing/interpreting the act. A more general definition would be to make or to create.

-Seth Eckman

3/7/12 Tim Smith's Presentation Summary

Tim Smith talked about different film techniques and theories. He started out discussing the keyno eye which was a lens used in single shot films. There was no cutting or editing. It was just a single shot of something in motion, like a waterfall. The novelty wore off and audiences started demanding more content. Thus, more narrative techniques evolved. Smith discussed the montage theory. The theory says that each shot is its own unit of meaning. He showed the class an example of an intellectual montage. Scenes of cows being butchered were followed by shots of war. The film was used to make the statement that war is like butchery. He went into short films from the dada and surrealist movements. Surrealism dealt with putting objects or things in foreign places. They were often nonsensical and had a disrupted narrative. Dadaist films questioned what was art and often didn't make sense or were confusing. He finished up his presentation saying it was important to have visual literacy so the audience knows what functions make them feel the way they do. It's important to know how to deconstruct visuals so we know how we are being manipulated.