For those of you that are like me and kind of understand the problems of the economy without having a full/detailed understanding of what has happened, here are some stories. All are from This American Life, these stories are all by Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson. The three stories listed will help get you up to speed and there will be a new story airing this coming weekend June 5th-7th depending where you live. By June 8th the episode is expected to be up on http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
Here are links to the other stories:
Updated listed of related episodes
I hope you enjoy.
Reed Townsend Jones
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Rebirth of Stop Action
Yet another outgrowth of the advancement and sophistication of technology and media is the rebirth of Stop Action Movies. Digital cameras are becoming the calculator of our age, meaning that image capture is being include with anything the runs by battery. In addition to the abundance of image capture capacity is the development of user friendly video programs. Ranging for web-based slideshows to iMovie and Final Cut.
Stop Actions allow for high resolution moving pictures for those who don't have quality video camera, though "sound" is lost. Also, you can create special effects that would otherwise require minimal studio capabilities. This is allowing for a wide range of creativity to be expressed, and distributed via youtube, vimeo, etc.
Beyond individual initative, class projects and music videos are among the many that take advantage of the new old medium.
Hooray! - some worth while videos below.
Stop Actions allow for high resolution moving pictures for those who don't have quality video camera, though "sound" is lost. Also, you can create special effects that would otherwise require minimal studio capabilities. This is allowing for a wide range of creativity to be expressed, and distributed via youtube, vimeo, etc.
Beyond individual initative, class projects and music videos are among the many that take advantage of the new old medium.
Hooray! - some worth while videos below.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Defining Contingency
Main Entry:
con·tin·gen·cy
Pronunciation:
\kən-ˈtin-jən(t)-sē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural con·tin·gen·cies
Date:
1561
1: the quality or state of being contingent
2: a contingent event or condition: as a: an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur <trying to provide for every contingency> b: something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
See for yourself: contingency
-rtj
con·tin·gen·cy
Pronunciation:
\kən-ˈtin-jən(t)-sē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural con·tin·gen·cies
Date:
1561
1: the quality or state of being contingent
2: a contingent event or condition: as a: an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur <trying to provide for every contingency> b: something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
See for yourself: contingency
-rtj
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
50 in 50 Brief
The brief for this project is simple and straight forward:
Beginning 1 April 2009 through 20 March 2009
Take 50 Portraits over 50 days
*Preferably on per day
*Strangers encouraged
[Future versions of 50/50 will evolve in various ways, stay tuned]
the world famous,
Reed Townsend Jones
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Brooklyn - Naw Ruz - Photos
Even though it may not seem like it in many parts of the country, I hope you have enjoyed your first week of spring. In Seattle... it is raining, no surprise.
At the Brooklyn Naw Ruz Party we set up a mini photo shoot with costumes. Everyone had such a great spirit and jumped in, some people jumped in a lot. I thought it would go pretty good but people really seemed to love it. The whole party had a wonderful feeling about it. It was largely do to the warmth of the host - thanks Ladies.
Please take a gander Naw Ruz Photos
-rtj
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