Comments on: Video Essays as a teaching tool: a testimonial

By: psychics

psychics — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:38:02 +0000

I don't think it would replace anything just help as an aid.

By: phone psychic

phone psychic — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:35:56 +0000

Yes i agree i think video does help with education seem to sink if you can see it as well…

By: Gadget_Blog

Gadget_Blog — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:07:11 +0000

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By: clairvoyant

clairvoyant — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:30:45 +0000

using new media for learning is brilliant

By: The Chutry Experiment » Teaching Carnival 3.4

The Chutry Experiment » Teaching Carnival 3.4 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:14:59 +0000

[...] authored by his students, part of his course on The Film Review as Genre. Catherine also points to some reflections by Kevin Lee on his video essays as educational [...]

By: alsolikelife

alsolikelife — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:17 +0000

hmm, i think either description could match that of the workaholic or the mentally unstable… i forget if i made this point in the video, but they also describe two stereotypes of the artistic persona.

By: Matt Parker

Matt Parker — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:54:44 +0000

Admittedly, I've seen neither film, but from what I can tell from your video essay, the criminal in the Vanishing proceeds not unlike a detached surgeon, steadily refining his craft, while the investigator in Zodiac is obsessed and very personally and emotionally invested in his task, not unlike Jack Nicholson's character in “The Pledge.” Although on the surface both seem obsessed with their work, the actions of the criminal in the Vanishing seems truly indicative of mental insanity, while the obsession of the investigator in the Zodiac seems closer akin to the personality disorder of a work-a-holic, retreating into a self-obsessed world of work because he can't deal with real life.

By: John

John — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:14:03 +0000

In my opinion, Jimmi Simpson (the actor who plays Migeau (the victim) in the final scene) hit it out of the park. In a haunting and troubling way, his identification of Allen reminds the viewer of the physical and psychic damage that the Zodiac killer inflicted. And, because of Fincher's great utilization of the song, I don't think I can ever hear 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' the same way again.

It's too bad Fincher had to waste all of the credit he got with Zodiac with something like Benjamin Button. As Mark Kermode said: “it's Forrest Gump with A-levels.”

By: alsolikelife

alsolikelife — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:38:03 +0000

Fair enough. Since the time that I finished the video I've heard a pretty good account of the ending of Zodiac as not so much a foisting of a “happy ending” or dubious sense of closure as I claim in the video. The weary look on the victim's face as he positively identifies Arthur Leigh Allen undercuts the sense of closure by reinforcing the sense of a psychic wound that can never fully be healed. The damage has already been done.

By: smart is dead

smart is dead — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:02:27 +0000

[...] This is just as smart too. A storyteller/essayist in the making. Via Shooting Down Pictures. Check out the other essays [...]