Dear colleagues, There is a job opening in Film and TV Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. It is a full-time continuing appointment at Lecturer (Level B). Applications close February 4. http://uqjobs.uq.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=494226&lWorkTypeID=1470&lLocationID=7592&lCategoryID=&lBrandID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en Dr Lisa Bode Lecturer in Film and Television Studies School of English, Media Studies and Art History University of Queensland Brisbane, 4072 www.emsah.uq.edu.au [log in to unmask] On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM, SCREEN-L automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 5 messages totaling 258 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. temporal bridging (3) > 2. new book on US silent film history, extensively illustrated > 3. In Media Res – HBO's Girls & the White Box > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 09:01:42 -0500 > From: George Robinson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: temporal bridging > > My personal favorite, because it's such a vigorous reworking of the > cliche, is from Hawks's Scarface, in which a blazing machine gun blows > the leaves off a calendar. > > George Robinson > > -- > > Visit my blog at www.cine-journal.blogspot.com > Catch me live at the Washington Heights Film Class > (http://washingtonheightsfilmclass.com/ for schedule) > > > On 1/1/2013 2:23 PM, William McCarthy wrote: > > Does anyone know of the existence (in print or on the internet) of any > sort of study and/or compilation of the temporal bridging shot? I am > interested in drawing together a number of examples, particularly of those > beyond the ordinary (rotating hands of a clock, the pages of a calendar > flipping over in the stiff wind of time), such as that in "In Old Chicago," > in which rising soap bubbles have imposed upon them the numbers of the > passing years. > > > > > > Gratefully, > > Bill McCarthy > > > > ---- > > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:02:28 +0000 > From: "Larsson, Donald F" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: temporal bridging > > With the caveat that not all temporal bridges are montage sequences (and > vice-versa), there's a rather nice--though informal and somewhat > tongue-in-cheek--list of different categories and examples of montage > sequences in films, TV shows and other media at > http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Montages > > For a bit of historical background, see David Bordwell, Narration in the > Fiction Film, especially pages 186-188. > > Don Larsson > > ___________________________________________________ > "I don't deduce. I observe." > --Roger O Thornhill > > Donald F. Larsson, Professor > English Department, Minnesota State University, Mankato > Email: [log in to unmask] > ________________________________________ > From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] on > behalf of William McCarthy [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 1:23 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SCREEN-L] temporal bridging > > Does anyone know of the existence (in print or on the internet) of any > sort of study and/or compilation of the temporal bridging shot? I am > interested in drawing together a number of examples, particularly of those > beyond the ordinary (rotating hands of a clock, the pages of a calendar > flipping over in the stiff wind of time), such as that in "In Old Chicago," > in which rising soap bubbles have imposed upon them the numbers of the > passing years. > > > Gratefully, > Bill McCarthy > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 11:12:46 -0800 > From: Joshua Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: temporal bridging > > If you're interested in montage sequences, look up Slavko Vorkapich. > > > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 14:23:30 -0500 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [SCREEN-L] temporal bridging > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Does anyone know of the existence (in print or on the internet) of any > sort of study and/or compilation of the temporal bridging shot? I am > interested in drawing together a number of examples, particularly of those > beyond the ordinary (rotating hands of a clock, the pages of a calendar > flipping over in the stiff wind of time), such as that in "In Old Chicago," > in which rising soap bubbles have imposed upon them the numbers of the > passing years. > > > > > > Gratefully, > > Bill McCarthy > > > > ---- > > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 18:47:25 -0500 > From: Kathy Fuller <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: new book on US silent film history, extensively illustrated > > Dear Everyone, I am delighted to announce the publication of a big new > book on US cinema history 1895-1915. It's for sale on Amazon. Please see > the description below, and please email me at [log in to unmask] if you'd > like me to send a sample chapter, the illustrations are amazing. thanks, > Kathy Fuller-Seeley, Georgia State University > > > > > One Thousand Nights atthe Movies: An Illustrated History of Motion > Pictures 1895-1915 is a detailed history of the birth of motion pictures. > This richlyillustrated coffee-table-size book charts the tumultuous growth > from earlyinventions and innovations, through the creation of film studios, > movietheaters, and the first movie stars. Uniquely, the book celebrates and > exploresthe showmanship of mom-and-pop Main Street nickelodeon theaters > across the UnitedStates through 670 spectacular, never-before-published > photographs and rarearchival evidence in nearly 200,000 words. Authors Dave > Bowers and KathyFuller-Seeley bring a lifetime of research to this > fascinating story of how anupstart new entertainment medium struggled in > the early 1900's to becomeAmerica's greatest form of popular culture — how > it went from Main Street toWall Street and changed the world. > Available through Amazon for $69.95 + free shipping. > Please feel free to email me at [log in to unmask] if you’d like to have > mesend a sample chapter and images. Thanks, Kathy Fuller-Seeley, Georgia > State University > Table of Contents > Foreword by PaulSpehr > Introduction > Chapter 1:Pictures in Motion > Chapter 2: TheFirst Movies > Chapter 3: PennyArcades and Picture Parlors > Chapter 4: AStorefront and Scarcely More > Chapter 5:Nickelodeons on Main Street > Chapter 6:Outfitting and Equipping a Theater > Chapter 7:Planning the Picture Show > Chapter 8: TheMovies Become Big Business > Chapter 9: Moviesin Parks and Outdoors > Chapter 10: TheTraveling Picture Show > Chapter 11: Movieswith Sound and Color > Chapter 12: Musicand Sound Effects > Chapter 13:Posters, Publicity, and Excitement > Chapter 14: FilmStars and Fans in the Nickelodeon Era > Chapter 15:"Trust" Studios and Their Players > Chapter 16:"Independent" and Other Studios and Their Players > Chapter 17: NewThrills Each Week: The Serials > Chapter 18: YouCan't Watch That! > Epilogue > SelectedBibliography > Index > > > Product Details > Hardcover: 414pages > Publisher: WhitmanPublishing, LLC (January 22, 2013) > ISBN-10:0794832504 > ISBN-13:978-0794832506 > ProductDimensions: 12.2 x 10.3 x 1.6 inches > Shipping Weight: 6.5 pounds > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:54:45 +0000 > From: Katharine Persephone Zakos <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: In Media Res – HBO's Girls & the White Box > > This week’s In Media Res theme focus is HBO's Girls & the White Box > (January 7 - January 11, 2013). IMR is marking the second season of the > show with a two-week special edition: week one looks at race and > sexuality on the show, while week two will tackle the show’s reception. > > Here's the line-up: > http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/ > > > Monday, January 7, 2013 - Maria San Filippo (Harvard University | > Wellesley College | Five College Women’s Studies Research Center) presents: > Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham’s Queer Feminist Sexual Politics > > Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - Ashar Foley (SUNY Stony Brook) presents: A > Meaning of Minority in Girls > > Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - Phillip Maciak (University of Pennsylvania) > presents: Slapstick "Sexposition": Girls vs. the Body Politics of HBO > > Thursday, January 10, 2013 - Melissa Phruksachart (CUNY Graduate Center) > presents: Girls, Auteur-Driven Television, and the Failures of > Multiculturalism > > Friday, January 11, 2013 - Chris Tokuhama (University of Southern > California) presents: The Price of Privilege: HBO’s Girls and the Logic of > Post- > > > Theme week organized by Nedda Ahmed and Jing Zhang (Georgia State > University). > > To receive links for each day’s posts and stay up to date on our latest > calls for curators, please be sure “like” our newly launched Facebook page: > https://www.facebook.com/mediacommons.inmediares > > You can also follow us on Twitter at @MC_IMR > > For more information, please contact In Media Res at > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or email the > Coordinating Editor, Alisa Perren, at [log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>. > > Best, > The In Media Res Team > > > ---- > Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! 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