A new pigment is discovered!

This story from the New York Times details the scientific, yet accidental, discovery of a brilliant new blue pigment.

Blues have been among the most expensive and elusive pigments throughout history, not to mention many of them being toxic (indigo, anyone?), so this is appealing news, assuming the new blue will be affordable to reproduce.

This rivals the excitement of the discovery of mauve, that first artificial color that ushered in the creativity and possibility inherent in using artificial pigments in the form of aniline dye.

Hello everyone. I was just browsing the internet, and saw the trailer Coppola's new film "Tetro." The interesting thing about the film is the choice of colors; a return to form? There are some production notes, which compares it to "Rumble Fish." check it out.

www.tetro.com

Final Exam will be Monday at 8 pm!

We will reschedule to Monday. Sorry about the mix-up.

Creative projects and grades for them will also be handed out on Monday.

Let me know if you have any questions.

The Exam

Dear Peg,

We're in the classroom right now waiting for the administrator of our test, who didn't show up. It's been 30 minutes, so we're feeling blue.

Let us know how you want us to take our exams.

Sincerely,

The whole class (everybody was here, but Brian logged in to make this post)

Final

I have been reviewing for the final and have a few questions. I am kinda confused by the question on the study guide that asks "Discuss the way/s in which Derek Jarman approaches writing about color in Chroma, and apply this discussion to the artistic/aesthetic use of color in cinema." 

I guess I really don't understand the Derek Jarman readings as they seem to be all over the place and I don't know what we should be getting out of them. Does anyone have any ideas about how to answer this or what to look for? 

Pink reading

While finding sources for my paper I realized that Bellantoni doesn't really discuss pink in her book, and I had to go elsewhere for reference material. I found an interesting paper on the meaning of pink in the media and society, including some original research, that I thought might to be useful to share.

http://proxy.emerson.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f3h&AN=35134526&site=ehost-live

At the bottom of the entry (next to View Links) there is a "find full text" link to get the PDF.

~Stephen

Essays due Monday!

In case there was any confusion, your essays are due Monday as it says in the syllabus. If anyone has any questions you can email me this weekend. Please bring a printed copy to class with you, and don't wait until the last minute to do this. If it will make you late, come to class and print it out later, but I see no reason why everyone can't plan ahead for printer time.

Also: the Antonioni reading is due this week.