Starting this week we will be turning to looking at theorists who have attempted to understand the way technology (as in specific technical artifacts) change media representation. First up is Eisenstein and the printing press. I will talk about the whole book, but you should make sure that you read the first section and the final chapter (if you have it in your edition, this is the “update”) as these are the most important. Leave your question below.
Related: For those who are interested Scott McCloud’s TED talk is a good example of remediation as it relates to comics.
Thanks for the link…
I read Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics couple years ago. It was a great book to teach you how to make a comic book.
I really enjoyed the McCloud presentation! I love how he presents his ideas as a network. His process of presentation is such a rich mixture of spoken and visual storytelling that the theory he builds from it seems to arise without any effort. That’s the sort of talent that makes the best teachers.