> I think we would do well to move beyond the association of language with
> writing. The spoken word is anterior to 'text', and is functionally
> dependent for its efficiency upon a lot of other factors esp. gesture and
> context. The experience of film is the same i.e. social in a material
> (ritual?) sense. We (academics) may learn certain ways of reading a film
> but does this have much to do with the various ways filmakers go about
> their work and/or the various uses to which these products are put. Am I
> the only person to think about what I'm going to have for dinner tonight
> while watching a film? Do my lapses in concentration invalidate my
> experience of the picture
I understand what you are saying about the particular environmental
communication of spoken language, but I totally disagree about moving away
from the written. There is a lot to be said for the way one writes,
including grammar, shortening of words expressively as can be found on the
internet, hand-writing, even thickness of line, size of text, and spacing.
I view written language in the same way I view photography, though they are
obviously different things.
-Jason Tenter
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