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Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Thu, 12 May 2022 10:26:05 +0000

In U7, you have completed four platform projects. The final project is completing just now and there is some anxiety about how to integrate the account of this project into U8s contextual report.

Make sure you […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Thu, 12 May 2022 09:30:26 +0000

If you are unsure of how to align your platform projects with a bigger thematic, just think of the thematic as describing the conversation that your work is contributing to…

You can evidence the conversation […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 10 May 2022 13:33:47 +0000

The section of conclusions at the end of your report is not very long, but it is important.

The conclusion is usually provides a quick summary of what you have done. This is your learning journey. Try and […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:10:29 +0000

Here is the structure document for the U8 contextual report. I was thinking about this whilst listening to the stage three students share their insights about their U7 PDF presentations form last year. You can […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:24:27 +0000

The title of U8 is, Identifying Communities of Practice…so far, you have been considering this through looking back at your U7 projects. Now, as we approach the end of the unit, it is time to use everything you […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:41:46 +0000

Finding a Research Question…Not everyone starts with a clear research question in mind. And things may change as you go along. That is why I haven’t mentioned the research question before now.

Once you hav […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:09:52 +0000

One of the terms that Pierre Bourdieu uses in his field theory is, cultural capital. This term is used to distinguish a relative status enjoyed by certain people based on what they know, how they look, and how […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:00:11 +0000

I have already posted about the structure, sequence and proportion of presentation. You can capture this through the elaboration of a table of contents for your text.

Use headings for the larger sections […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:49:50 +0000

The BBC are repeating the excellent documentary series by Simon Schama, The Romantics

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:47:50 +0000

The BBC are repeating their excellent documentary on the English artist and mystic, William Blake.

The programme is part of the Omnibus strand

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:43:19 +0000

The BBC have shown Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen. This was one of the key films of the 1970s and Diane Keaton established herself as a fashion icon. The Keaton look was everywhere.

The film also establish […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:11:25 +0000

Designing + Referencing

Introduction – Using References For Accuracy

The conventions of academic presentation require that your work be supported by reference and citation. This means that you ac […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:06:21 +0000

These books will be familiar to visitors at the Whitechapel Gallery, London. They are collections of essays about various themes and are published by the Whitechapel in association with the MIT […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:44:52 +0000

First we make our tools, then our tools form us…

The famous quote, above, is often attributed to Marshall McLuhan, but a number of people can lay claim to this insight about the relationship between man and […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:22:14 +0000

Richard Rogers was one of the great architects of the later 20C. He was Lord Rogers of Riverside. Alan Yentob made an “Imagine…“ film about Rogers for BBCTV. It has been repeated as a tribute to his long and […]

Paul Rennie commented on the post, Reflective Statements, on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:31:35 +0000

Well done, that’s most interesting. Have a look at Gestalt psychology to help you understand how we connect…

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:58:53 +0000

Observation forms the basis of scientific methodology and creative practice…but the way we observe is culturally informed by the immediate circumstances of our experience, and by the way that the world is […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:39:47 +0000

Wilton House, Wiltshire (Home of the Pembrokes)

This three part documentary tells the surprisingly interesting story of how the British became art collectors. This is the story of the aristocracy, wealth and […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:01:01 +0000

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) is a charming comedy romance with Madonna and Rosanna Arquette , set against the mid 1980s boho-punk cool of NYC…before it got all glossy.

The low-rent downtown Magic […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:02:10 +0000

In my first post, below, I described some of the main ideas that might be interesting to you in the consideration of design and learning…The names I mentioned were Jean Jacques Rousseau and Ivan Illich, Stuart […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:52:05 +0000

Clem Crosby gave a wonderful presentation to BAGCD stage two students for their U8 writing. The presentation was framed as academic support for writing; but I though it could also have been framed as an […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:30:10 +0000

The BBCiplayer has a section of classic films…one of them, at the moment is Vincent Minnelli’s, The Bandwagon (1953). The film stars Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.

The film is a musical, with […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:07:00 +0000

The BBC showed an interesting documentary about the video pioneers, The Vasulkas…You can watch the film, here

The Vasulkas were part of the 1960s NY avant-garde and worked with Andy Warhol, Patti Smith […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:34:09 +0000

I have already referred to the Dubberly model of creative process that we introduced in stage one. This promotes a cycle of observe, make and reflect..to support iteration, experimentation and development. It’s a […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:20:50 +0000

A substantial part of the U8 contextual report is comprised from the reflective statements that summarise each of your platform project outcomes. By the end of the unit, you will have three of these.

In the […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:59:15 +0000

The purpose of the contextual report (U8) is to situate, or support, your practice (U7) with research. The report should include your reflective statements, and develop them further by placing them in the context […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:44:31 +0000

All academic presentations conform to a general template that requires the alignment of thematic concepts, evidence and analysis. These will distinguish the final form of your U8 contextual report. We’ll frame […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:22:50 +0000

The name of Walter Benjamin came up in our conversation, between Mikael and me, last Monday, about cultural capital. Specifically, we mentioned his essay, The Author as Producer (1934)

You can download […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site Unit 8 Context Blog 21/22

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:28:23 +0000

Hi everyone

This is a blog in which Paul Rennie shares resources to help and support you in the work of U8.

BAGCD U8 provides an opportunity for you to reflect on the platform project work that you are […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:16:35 +0000

BBC4TV are repeating the documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). Hitchcock was a genius and I consider him to be one of the most important film directors of the 20C. The film […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:59:50 +0000

BBC4TV are showing an interesting French police drama. It’s a period drama, set in 1900. That’s a moment rich in various themes. The drama explores the various inequalities within the system of […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:30:15 +0000

Mubi are showing a few animated short films from Hungary. They date from the 1970s.

Marvellous.

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:28:34 +0000

Mubi are showing a lovely film with David Lynch working in his studio and speaking about his childhood. His descriptions of “the art life” (coffee and cigarettes mostly, and talk) are wonderful.

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:52:43 +0000

The Mubi film streaming platform is showing a few films by US indy director, Hal Hartley.

These are

The Unbelievable Truth (1989)

Simple Men (1992)

Amateur (1994)

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 12:13:10 +0000

BBC4 showed a terrific film based on Naples 44 by Norman Lewis. The book is widely recognised as one of the best volumes of memoir from WW2. It tells the story of the city and its people in the aftermath of […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 25 May 2021 11:27:05 +0000

BBC4TV showed a terrific documentary about the idea of AfroFuturism…

This is an idea that was expressed, back in the 1970s, as part of a counter-cultural and musical expression and combination of […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 25 May 2021 11:08:12 +0000

Monday eveningds on BBc4TV are photography night…Yesterday we had

Rankin’s photography challenge…

Interview with Mark Lawson and David Bailey

and, the first in series about the history of photography in […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:19:44 +0000

The BBC showed a terrific documentary about Delia Derbyshire and the radio-phonic workshop (1960s). The workshop was a technical research laboratory at the BBC that was tasked with using machine and synthesised […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 14 May 2021 08:34:40 +0000

The Mubi streaming service is showing Slack Bay (2016), a film by the French director Bruno Dumont. The film is a period comedy drama that explores the discombobulations that derive from the light and […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 14 May 2021 08:23:11 +0000

BBC4 are repeating a documentary about the drawings of the film director Orson Welles…

Well worth watching

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 14 May 2021 08:21:10 +0000

BBC4TV are repeating an amazing documentary series about the history of American tap dancing…

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Thu, 13 May 2021 09:49:24 +0000

C4 are showing the new series (Number 4) of Fargo…this is a historic comedy-crime drama set in the early 1950s.

The original Fargo (1996) was a film by the Coen brothers…

The TV series explores the […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:34:17 +0000

The BBC and Mubi have a number of classic films available to stream just now…

BBC

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Mubi

Brazil (1985)

Punishment Park (1971)

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:28:51 +0000

Wonderful documentary history of make-up in three parts. Especially interesting in relation to beauty, expression, projection and portraiture. The first episode looked at the 18C…all white face-paint and big […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:25:23 +0000

Amazing Opera North performance with Testament…Well worth a watch

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:13:14 +0000

The BBC are repeating the three part series by Andrew Graham Dixon about the Art of France. This is especially good on the classicism of the ancien regime and the revolutionary period – les grandes machines, and […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:36:32 +0000

Ridley Scott has produced a terrific drama series about the 19C expedition to discover the north-west passage, across the arctic, to the pacific…the expedition ended in tragedy and a certain amount of mystery. […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:26:41 +0000

Carol Reed and Graham Greene

The Third Man (1949) is one of a number of films directed by Reed based on the work of the writer, Graham Greene. The film is acknowledged, for a variety of reasons, to be the […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:25:30 +0000

The Mubi streaming site is showing Agnès Varda’s lovely film about the personalities that populate her local street in Paris. The street is called, rue Daguerre. And named after one of the inventors of […]

Paul Rennie wrote a new post on the site University of Television etc

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:58:09 +0000

The BBC have showed a TV film from 1972 of Aretha Franklin (the Queen of Sou) giving a special gospel concert…this was filmed live using hand-held cameras and sound equipment. The film is a later edit of […]