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Tag: MFA

  • Book Project: #11 The Spine

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    I was reading Sheila Curran Bernard’s work Documentary Storytelling where she refers to the notion of narrative spine: that single thread that drives the film forward from beginning to end.   I think I need to create a spine; something that will guide the reader through and hold things together. The spine can further act as…

  • Book Project: #10 It’s Getting Complicated

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    I was reading an article by Melanie Friend: Representing Immigration Detainees: The Juxtaposition of Image and Sound in Border Country published in Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 11 No.2 Art. 33, May 2010 and I was struck by how she was able to simplify a complex issue into a form both simple in concept and impactful…

  • Book Project: #9 Semiotics

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    I was reading Photography: A Critical Introduction, by Liz Wells and the topic of Semiotics was presented in the context of photography: “American semiotician C.S. Peirce further distinguished between iconic, indexical and symbolic codes. Iconic codes are based on resemblance, for instance a picture of someone or something; indexical codes are effects with specific causes,…

  • Book Project: #8 Theme, Working Model #2

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    Book Project: #8 Theme, Working Model #2

    Four things has caused me to explore an alternative working model and test it against the learnings: I will explore an alternative working model to see if: [1] it can help me resolve the issues I currently face [2] allows me to move forward, further than the initial draft.   In contrast to the initial…

  • Book Project: #7 My Approach, Iteration #1

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    I’ve modelled my approach — process — on the one used by Frank.  There are a couple points to put forward upfront: Pre-work: Execution