Moving Pictures: Visual References and Artistry in the Works of David...
VIDEO-ESSAY. The renowned film and television director David Lynch began his career as a painter, and in this video-essay Andreas Halskov explores the visual references and artistry in Lynch’s narrative films and television series.
Audience involving strategies in Sherlock
VIDEO-ESSAY. Fans of the BBC’s Sherlock very actively have taken the show to their hearts. How does Sherlock succeed in involving its worldwide audiences in the show? In this video-essay Palle Schantz Lauridsen examines audience involving strategies within and around the show.
Bag sorte gardiner: Det fængslende og fascinerende format 1:1
VIDEO-ESSAY. Jan Oxholm kaster et blik på det usædvanlige format 1:1 i det psykologiske drama, Mommy (2014). Brugen af klaustrofobiske kvadrater er et genialt greb af den unge instruktør, Xavier Dolan, som burer sine karakterer inde bag billedformatets sorte gardiner.
A Mere Formality
VIDEO-ESSAY. Hou Hsiao-Hsien is a great, but somewhat underappreciated Taiwanese auteur, known for his long takes and slow pacing. In this video-essay, Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López explore his unique style as seen in a scene from the 1995-film Good Men, Good Women. Mirroring the tempo and attention to detail in Good Men, Good Women, this video-essay tries to capture the very essence of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s aesthetic.
Veronica Mars: Intertekstualitet i den moderne ungdomsserie
VIDEO-ESSAY. De udskældte amerikanske ungdomsserier kommer her under kærlig behandling af Michael Højer, der med udgangspunkt i Rob Thomas' tv-serie Veronica Mars, ser nærmere på hvordan selvsamme ungdomsserier ofte anvender intertekstualitet som central strategi. Dette gør de bl.a. for at skrive sig ud af deres ry som banal underholdning og klichéfyldt modekatalog for naive unge piger.
What’s the Frequency, David? Noise and Interference in the films of...
VIDEO-ESSAY. The films of David Lynch often feature electronic devices that don’t work and people who seem to be speaking 'on different frequencies'. In this video-essay, Andreas Halskov explores noise, interference and faulty wiring as common elements in the works of David Lynch.
Between Two Worlds: The Competing Moods of David Lynch
VIDEO-ESSAY. David Lynch’ films are full of paradoxes, and in this video-essay Andreas Halskov deals with two of the Lynchian paradoxes (the genre paradox andthe register paradox), as seen in three of David Lynch’s famous productions: Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990-1991) and Wild at Heart (1990).
Musikvideoens visuelle polyfoni
VIDEO-ESSAY. Musikvideoens tendens til at konfrontere seeren med mere end ét billede ad gangen – eller dens visuelle polyfoni – er et af de træk der adskiller musikvideoens billeddannelse fra spillefilmens. I dette videoessay undersøger Mathias Bonde Korsgaard både hvilke former og funktioner denne visuelle polyfoni kan antage.
Camera Movement in Narrative Cinema
VIDEO-ESSAY. In this visual essay Jakob Isak Nielsen takes a closer look at the contribution of camera movement to “the language of cinema”. He suggests that any camera movement will serve one or more of six proposed functions.
Et Dukkeliv: Om Spike Jonze som animator
VIDEO-ESSAY. Spike Jonze, der senest har fejret store triumfer med spillefilmen Her (2013), har en forkærlighed for animation, og netop det er emnet for Henrik Højers videoessay Et Dukkeliv. Her inddrages nogle af de mange reklamer, musikvideoer og kort- og spillefilm fra Jonzes hånd, hvori animation spiller en central rolle.
