tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/177624060 2009-06-30 14:12:10 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group A wire frame is dipped in bubble solution and placed in front of a speaker. At certain frequencies, the soap film oscillates in symmetrical patterns called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mode">normal modes</a>.<br><br> A light is reflected off the soap film through a lens onto the wall to show these normal modes as the frequency of the function generator is increased. The first set of normal modes occur at frequencies lower than we can hear with our ears, which is why you can't hear the speaker in the video until the frequency is increased. 268 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/177411780 2009-07-10 11:20:57 -0400 Center for Advanced Visual Studies Motivator Alan Abel has spent the past thirty years turning people's lives around with humor and style. This is a lecture you will never forget and won't want to miss! Has someone done you wrong? Husband, wife or lover walk out on you? Partner rip you off? Denied a promotion? Abused in the office? If you are sick and tired of being pushed around, learn to use you wits to win. Alan Abel, provocateur extraordinaire, internationally known writer, media personality and master publicist will show you how. Alan's finely honed satirical wit will enthrall you with the creative ways you too can respond to ridiculous and frustrating situations. You'll learn: - How to collect debts without litigation - How to quiet a noisy neighbor - Settle an insurance claim in your favor - Obtain start-up financing without assets - Win back a lover when jilted - Obtain a promotion with ease - Get into a restaurant without a reservation - And over twenty-five other solutions to indignities we all face + Alan Abel is a writer, lecturer, actor, filmmaker, jazz musician and comedian. He graduated from Ohio State University with a B.S. degree in Education. He has published eight books and sixteen musical compositions, including works for percussion ensembles and a series of advanced drum solos. Alan has recorded several albums for RCA Victor and produced two feature films with his wife, Jeanne. Abel is best known for his work as a professional prankster. He has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the media for the past half-century.bel continues to taunt the media and the masses with his nutty ideas, imaginary organizations and seemingly nonsensical campaigns. In 2000, Life Magazine recognized Alan as a cultural icon during the 20th century in their volume edition, Century of Change. 5358 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/177130140 2009-07-12 15:24:13 -0400 Center for Advanced Visual Studies Preeminent conceptual sculptor and installation artist Mel Chin visits the Center April 7-9th. He screens his new animated film, 9/11-9/11, 2007, which juxtaposes the events of Sept 11th 1973 and 2001. He'll also introduce Fundred, 2008, a major new public project that brings attention to lead levels in neighborhoods of New Orleans through a massive national mobilization of artistic labor. During his visit, he'll meet with faculty and students in urban studies, mechanical engineering, systems design, and data visualization to discuss projects in development. 6041 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/176808020 2009-08-11 16:47:45 -0400 MIT Comparative Media Studies <p><strong>Part 1 of 3, JMS's lecture</strong></p> <p>This year's Julius Schwartz Lecture speaker was transmedia creator J. Michael Straczynski, who has most recently entered the motion picture arena, writing the period drama Changeling for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie, adapting such books as Lensman for Ron Howard, World War Z for Brad Pitt’s company, and They Marched Into Sunlight for Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass, as well as reviving Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. and selling two new original movies, The Flickering Light and Proving Ground to Universal and Tom Cruise's United Artists, respectively. He has also begun work on Last Words, a pilot for a new TV series for the TNT network.</p> <p>Previously known best for his role as the creator of the cult science fiction series Babylon 5 and its various spin-off films and series. Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes, notably including an unbroken 59-episode run through all of the third and fourth seasons, and all but one episode of the fifth season.</p> <p>His early television writing career spans from work on He-Man, She-Ra, and The Real Ghostbusters through to The New Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote. He followed up Babylon 5 with the science fiction series Jeremiah.</p> <p>Straczysnki also enjoys continued success as a comic book writer, working on established superhero franchises, such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Supreme Power and Thor, as well as his own original series, such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, The Twelve, and The Book of Lost Souls. He is also a journalist, publishing over 500 articles in such periodicals as the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Writer’s Digest Magazine, and TIME Inc.</p> <p>He was one of the first television producers to actively engage his fan community online and has consistently explored the interface between digital media and other storytelling platforms.</p> 1775 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191688340 2009-08-12 10:09:41 -0400 MIT Comparative Media Studies <p><strong>Part 2 of 3, conversation between JMS and Henry Jenkins</strong></p> <p>This year's Julius Schwartz Lecture speaker was transmedia creator J. Michael Straczynski, who has most recently entered the motion picture arena, writing the period drama Changeling for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie, adapting such books as Lensman for Ron Howard, World War Z for Brad Pitt’s company, and They Marched Into Sunlight for Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass, as well as reviving Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. and selling two new original movies, The Flickering Light and Proving Ground to Universal and Tom Cruise's United Artists, respectively. He has also begun work on Last Words, a pilot for a new TV series for the TNT network.</p> <p>Previously known best for his role as the creator of the cult science fiction series Babylon 5 and its various spin-off films and series. Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes, notably including an unbroken 59-episode run through all of the third and fourth seasons, and all but one episode of the fifth season.</p> <p>His early television writing career spans from work on He-Man, She-Ra, and The Real Ghostbusters through to The New Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote. He followed up Babylon 5 with the science fiction series Jeremiah.</p> <p>Straczysnki also enjoys continued success as a comic book writer, working on established superhero franchises, such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Supreme Power and Thor, as well as his own original series, such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, The Twelve, and The Book of Lost Souls. He is also a journalist, publishing over 500 articles in such periodicals as the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Writer’s Digest Magazine, and TIME Inc.</p> <p>He was one of the first television producers to actively engage his fan community online and has consistently explored the interface between digital media and other storytelling platforms.</p> 3720 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191323440 2009-08-12 10:22:36 -0400 MIT Comparative Media Studies <p><strong>Part 3 of 3, Audience Q&A</strong></p> <p>This year's Julius Schwartz Lecture speaker was transmedia creator J. Michael Straczynski, who has most recently entered the motion picture arena, writing the period drama Changeling for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie, adapting such books as Lensman for Ron Howard, World War Z for Brad Pitt’s company, and They Marched Into Sunlight for Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass, as well as reviving Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. and selling two new original movies, The Flickering Light and Proving Ground to Universal and Tom Cruise's United Artists, respectively. He has also begun work on Last Words, a pilot for a new TV series for the TNT network.</p> <p>Previously known best for his role as the creator of the cult science fiction series Babylon 5 and its various spin-off films and series. Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes, notably including an unbroken 59-episode run through all of the third and fourth seasons, and all but one episode of the fifth season.</p> <p>His early television writing career spans from work on He-Man, She-Ra, and The Real Ghostbusters through to The New Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote. He followed up Babylon 5 with the science fiction series Jeremiah.</p> <p>Straczysnki also enjoys continued success as a comic book writer, working on established superhero franchises, such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Supreme Power and Thor, as well as his own original series, such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, The Twelve, and The Book of Lost Souls. He is also a journalist, publishing over 500 articles in such periodicals as the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Writer’s Digest Magazine, and TIME Inc.</p> <p>He was one of the first television producers to actively engage his fan community online and has consistently explored the interface between digital media and other storytelling platforms.</p> 2183 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/190578360 2009-08-14 09:24:26 -0400 MIT Comparative Media Studies <p>This year's Julius Schwartz Lecture speaker was transmedia creator J. Michael Straczynski, who has most recently entered the motion picture arena, writing the period drama Changeling for Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie, adapting such books as Lensman for Ron Howard, World War Z for Brad Pitt’s company, and They Marched Into Sunlight for Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass, as well as reviving Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. and selling two new original movies, The Flickering Light and Proving Ground to Universal and Tom Cruise's United Artists, respectively. He has also begun work on Last Words, a pilot for a new TV series for the TNT network.</p> <p>Previously known best for his role as the creator of the cult science fiction series Babylon 5 and its various spin-off films and series. Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes, notably including an unbroken 59-episode run through all of the third and fourth seasons, and all but one episode of the fifth season.</p> <p>His early television writing career spans from work on He-Man, She-Ra, and The Real Ghostbusters through to The New Twilight Zone and Murder She Wrote. He followed up Babylon 5 with the science fiction series Jeremiah.</p> <p>Straczysnki also enjoys continued success as a comic book writer, working on established superhero franchises, such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Supreme Power and Thor, as well as his own original series, such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, The Twelve, and The Book of Lost Souls. He is also a journalist, publishing over 500 articles in such periodicals as the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Writer’s Digest Magazine, and TIME Inc.</p> <p>He was one of the first television producers to actively engage his fan community online and has consistently explored the interface between digital media and other storytelling platforms.</p> 7666 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/189629780 2009-11-16 23:26:40 -0500 Chris Boebel 21A.339J DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media (Same subject as STS.064J) 3-3-6 HASS Lec: T2-5, Lab: R2-5. An introductory exploration of documentary film theory and production, focusing on documentaries about science, engineering, and related fields. Students engage in digital video production as well as social and media analysis of science documentaries. Readings drawn from social studies of science as well as from documentary film theory. Uses documentary video making as a tool to explore the worlds of science and engineering, as well as a tool for thinking analytically about media itself and the social worlds in which science is embedded. Class includes a lab component devoted to digital video production in addition to class time. Enrollment limited. Video by Chris Boebel. Footage: AMPS/MIT Libraries, Prelinger Archives, Harold E. Edgerton Collection, Debbie Douglas, MIT Museum. Audio: molecular code, http://www.myspace.com/molecularcode 78