Name:
Art 300-Digital Animation
(35 points)
Due Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006

On the reading: “Cinematic and Graphic: Cinegratography" by Lev Manovich, available online in the Course Reserves Section of Mirlyn
Also see his web site: http://www.manovich.net/ for images that are mentioned in the reading.

In this article, he writes about the visual strategies of early multimedia that emerged as the result of technological limitations. He suggests that we might want to re-examine them as an alternative to traditoinal cinematic illusionism.

1. (15) a)How does he define "cinegratography?"

b) Provide an example.

c) Why is this relevant to new media?

2. (10 points) How was the "loop" used historically?

How is it used today?

3. (10) What is "Spatial Montage?" Give a contemporary example (tv, movies, game, ad, etc.) and explain why you think it is designed using "spatial montage."