Intro to Media Studies BBS

Message from: Peter E Davis (pdavis@mit.edu)
About: Website for 21l.015 Lab 1

Thu, 6 Feb 1997 01:50:35 -0500 (EST)

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    The web site I've chosen as demonstrating an aspect relevant to the study of
    media is:

    http://www.sgi.com/Headlines/1996/December/mars.html

    This is an example of one of the many interesting, media-related
    articles in Silicon Graphics promotional web magazine, Silicon Surf. This
    one in particular details how computer graphics played a part in the making
    of the recent Tim Burton movie, "Mars Attacks." Especially relevant to the
    study of media is the discussion of how the idea for the movie started with
    a set of 1962 bubble gum cards and moved into a production process drawing
    from such media as storyboard drawings, physical miniature models, 3d
    computer models, and the usual film techniques. All of these different
    types of media, ranging from the oldest, tried-and-true movie making
    techniques to the newest technological tricks, combined to make a 1996
    state-of-the-art movie with 1950s-style sci-fi movie flair. Thus, the
    newest media -- 3d computer graphics -- modified the older media of sci-fi
    film while still preserving the underlying idea.

    Peter Davis
    pdavis@mit.edu

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