You can see the phenakistoscope DEMONSTRATED (that's the word I was looking for in this morning's lecture!) on YouTube in many different videos. Here's one that gives you an idea of what the device accomplishes. Enjoy.
More info about Muybridge and how he studied horse locomotion is available at this link: http://www.horselocomotion.com/horse_motion_capture_data_faq.html . WARNING: nudity. Not for the faint of heart.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, March 9, 2009
Hydraulic Mining in Pale Rider
Hi everyone,
we mentioned hydraulic mining in class this morning, and such mining provides the backdrop for Clint Eastwood's 1985 film, Pale Rider.
The film has received a fair amount of attention from scholars who are interested in environmental themes in film, see for example the linked online essay by Joseph K. Heumann and Robin Murray. These authors also have a new book titled Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge.
The scene discussed by Heumann and Murray is available on YouTube, below.
getting close to term paper time . . . .
Jim
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