After having made a movie with MovieMaker (iMovie), I have to say that I love it -- even more than I love PhotoShop. The whole idea of making a MOVIE -- a film, perhaps? -- intrigues and fascinates me! Maybe it's because I love the visual medium/a. I'm not sure why. But I loved playing with it, and I will continue to explore this form of critique as I think about my own projects/scholarship in the future.
Now, Weinberger's idea that everything is miscellaneous makes even more sense. I took images and photographs from Flickr (which I searched by their tags, using the terms "ipods," "cell phones," "Apple," and "black and white"), and collected them miscellaneously. Yet, as Weinberger says, I made the connection(s) among them clear as I wished.
It makes me think that a lot more things are miscellaneous, and I'm really intrigued about the power of the miscellaneous now. I still think that his vision is too idyllic, but it can and does have potential for resistance, or maintaining the status quo. Perhaps maintaining the status quo on the Internet might actually be revolutionary, in its own ironic way?
In any case, MovieMaker rules. And it makes me feel "deep." Right now, I feel more like a critic than I ever have. Weird, huh?
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film studies purists will say that "film" applies to only the actual physical medium of Film, so you're making 'movies', but the good bit of that is that there is no disparity meant by 'movie'.
Ask Ron about his 'creative' project plan, sounds like something similar to what Weinberger is talking about...
I really enjoyed your "movie." Especially the second half. Visuality is so powerful, like Weinberger says, "it's the implicit, not the explicit."
ok... 2 things, first off, to respond to my comments that i make on your blog, you leave your comments here, on your blog (on my blog, you have to reference my posts)....
2nd, I too like your movie, i think you took my nitpicking of terminology as critique of the film itself...
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