Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G Lecture Notes - Machismo, Bimbo, Anand L. Rai
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Mit 1200 falling down 1: falling into film: reading the signs. When he goes to construction film (it must not be real) When he watches himself on film home movie (referring to itself) First few minutes of film you find out most info, Watch repeated signs things get more extreme (starts off with breathing) Focus on mouths (start with dfens), flags (america, falling down), flashing signs on freeway (not free), kids on bus (wammy burger)(two children who two men lost) sweat, bumper stickers, distress, goes home: film vocabularies. Prendergast goes higher to get a better view after recognizing a sign, What is the sound telling us: jungle like sound, bells, screaming kids, drumming, Ominous sound, people waiting to die: unnatural colour. Yellow colour hot, sweaty, blue light from cooler reflected on glasses cool. Using colour to make us feel things feeling hot/cold. Reference to nature home (falls in water: speaking human .