Insights on Media Production Processes Post-WWII
Explore the post-WWII mediascape through the lens of media production processes showcased in artworks like "Television Delivers People" and "Boomerang." Discover key questions on message control, production access, audience, and purpose in media creation as discussed by Armes. Reflect on the concept of video as an idea rather than just a medium, as proposed by Vito Acconci.
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VIDEO & DIVERSITY Week 3: Post-WWII Mediascape
Media Production Process: After watching Television Delivers People (1973) by Richard Serra and Carlotta Fay Schoolman and Boomerang (1974) by Serra, what do you think these works tell us about media production processes?
Media Production Process: After watching Television Delivers People (1973) by Richard Serra and Carlotta Fay Schoolman and Boomerang (1974) by Serra, what do you think these works tell us about media production processes? And how do they tell us?
Media Production: Is a construction
Media Production: Is a construction Process not product. (Armes, p.196)
Media Production: Is a construction Process not product. (Armes, p.196) Who is in control of the message?
Media Production: Is a construction Process not product. (Armes, p.196) Who is in control of the message? Who has access to production and distribution?
Media Production: Is a construction Process not product. (Armes, p.196) Who is in control of the message? Who has access to production and distribution? Who is the audience?
Media Production: Is a construction Process not product. (Armes, p.196) Who is in control of the message? Who has access to production and distribution? Who is the audience? What is the purpose (education, entertainment, propaganda, activism, and more)?
Video as an idea, as a working method, rather than a specific medium, a particular piece something to keep in the back if my mind while I m doing something else (Vito Acconci)
The 1940s - World War II 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, US enters the war 1942 Executive Order 9066, Japanese American internment Nazism and the Holocaust Women in the workplace (e.g. Rosie the Riveter) Racial segregation in the arm forces Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrendered in 1945 US becomes a superpower .
The 1950s The Cold War Nuclear arms race Korean War Red scare / HUAC Hollywood 10 1951-53 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg trial Civil Rights Rosa Parks, Emmett Till Post-WWII baby boom & rise of consumerist culture Television became the dominant media
Comparative Analysis: Guess Who s Coming to Dinner (1967) Dir. Stanley Kramer Flower Drum Song (1961) Dir. Henry Koster
