Week 9: March 11-15 – Spring Break (no classes)

Assignment:
- Read “Welcome to Pine Point.”
- Write a response to this work (in Unit 3 Forum), focusing on how the work uses interactivity and integrates multimedia to support its intended effect on readers. This is due on Monday, March 18.

Monday, March 18

In class:
- Read “Welcome to Pine Point.”
- Lecture on the origins of video poetry:
  - Title Sequences:
    - Title Sequence for North by Northwest (1959) by Arthur Preminger
    - Pinky and the Brain Title Sequence (1995) by Bryan Evans, Tom Ruegger, et. al.
    - Cowboy Bebop (1998) by Cain Kuga
Assignment:
- Read:
  - “Introduction to the Concept and Theory of Videopoetry” by Tom Konyves
  - “Sign Language” (1985) by Tom Konyves
- Write a brief analysis of “Sign Language” in the context of Konyves’ theory of videopoetry. Post before class on Wednesday.

Video poetry:
- “Roda Lume” (1968) by E.M. de Melo e Castro
- “Sign Language” (1985) by Tom Konyves
- “The Dreamlife of Letters” (2000) and “Star Wars: One Letter at a Time” (2005) by Brian Kim Stefans
- “Bring Back” (2017) by Rosamond King
- “The Offline Website Project” (2019-2020) by Alex Saum-Pascual
- “Big Data Poetry” (2020) by Diego Bonilla and Rodolfo Mata
Discuss kinetic typography:
- “Fuck You” by Cee Lo Green
- “Right Action” by Franz Ferdinand (video by Jonas Odell)
- EDMLyrics

Explore/Read:
- #kinetictypography on Instagram
- #kinetictypography on YouTube, focusing less on tutorials and more on actual kinetic typography and lyric videos.
- Kinetic Typography Channel on Vimeo

Explore/Read:
- #kinetictypography on Instagram
- #kinetictypography on YouTube, focusing less on tutorials and more on actual kinetic typography and lyric videos.
- Kinetic Typography Channel on Vimeo
Write a post in which you analyze a kinetic typography work in Instagram, YouTube, or Vimeo. Provide links to the works and screenshots of especially significant moments you’re analyzing. Focus on how the movement of the language is meaningful. This is due by Saturday morning. A response to a classmate’s post is due by Monday, March 25

Explore Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
Write a post in which you discuss one of their video poems, focusing on how they use language and animated text meaningfully. Link to the video poem you discuss.
Post before class on March 25.