http://smitherin.net Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:32:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Heat Movie DNA When I first discovered Brendan Dawes's Cinema Redux years ago, I longed to make my own movie DNA. Dawes creates a mosaic of still frames from a film, captured at 1/sec., and lets us see something about a film all at once. This project was recently exhibited ... http://smitherin.net/2009/03/08/geek-squad/ The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope, 1875 / BBC, 2001) Trollope's keen understanding of money, manners and the social networks that they underwrite made him a favorite read of mine in graduate school. If you don't have time to read the 1000+ pages, the BBC adaptation ... http://smitherin.net/2008/11/24/adaptations-for-these-times/ The Conversation (Coppola, 1974) This shot from Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974) is a brilliant meditation on how sound works in film. The sequence opens as sound engineer Harry Caul unlocks several deadbolts in order to enter his apartment. As he opens the door, we hear the shrill sound of an alarm bell. Coppola ... http://smitherin.net/2008/03/16/favorite-shots/