May | 2016 | Michael Firus

Legitimation

If didn’t know any better, I would assume Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins got her inspiration from this article. In an almost disconcerting revolutionary tone, this piece documents a so-called turning point for the entity of the audience. Much like every other ‘progressive’ opinion piece, it is all about legitimation. The article outlines a transition…

DSLR Underwater Cinematography

In my experience, the technical difficulties of shooting underwater are far outweighed by the amazing perspectives one can capture. The first issue one must contend with is that of equipment. For my clip I used a Canon 70D and this underwater case. Since I do not shoot underwater very often, this case was fine for…

Truffles – an Exercise in Cinematography and Taste-buds

The adage goes that practice makes perfect, and a soon as I heard that my little sister was making truffles, it was out with the whole set of gear. Not too many shoots taste this good… Truffles – A Michael Firus video from Michael Firus on Vimeo. My intention was simply to make a short…

Ownership

When someone mentions the terms “Copyright” or “Trademark” they either think of that one relative who worked at the bar, or those media products they may or may not have obtained by nefarious means. Neither of these are particularly interesting topics. So with that in mind, let’s take a look at the absurd side of…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 6

Link: http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-69142-8 Reference: Dvorak, J.L.D, 2008. Moving Wearables into the Mainstream Taming the Borg . 1st ed. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA: Springer Science+Business Media. Pp311- This Chapter of the book deals with the accommodation of social values and conventions in the light of wearable device prevalence. It discusses specific situations such…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 5

Link: http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/docview/208938327?accountid=13552&rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo Reference: Blythe, Wright, Monk, M.A.B, P.C.W, A.F.M, 2004. Little brother: could and should wearable computing technologies be applied to reducing older people’s fear of crime?. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 8.6, 1-6. This article deals with the potential for wearables to change perceptions, specifically, to induce a sense of assurance in vulnerable members of…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 4

Link: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/doi/abs/10.1080/00405000.2012.736191 or http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/doi/abs/10.1080/00405000.2012.736191#aHR0cDovL3d3dy50YW5kZm9ubGluZS5jb20uZXpwcm94eS5saWIucm1pdC5lZHUuYXUvZG9pL3BkZi8xMC4xMDgwLzAwNDA1MDAwLjIwMTIuNzM2MTkxQEBAMA== Reference: Turhan , G.T, 2013. An assessment towards the acceptance of wearable technology to consumers in Turkey: the application to smart bra and t-shirt products. The Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 104, 1-6. This article explores the concept of wearable smart devices through a sociological context; namely the cultural acceptance…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 3

Link: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/2013/190813/ Reference: Castillejo, Martínez, López, Gregorio Rubio, P.C,J.F.M,L.L,G.R, 2012. An Internet of Things Approach for Managing Smart Services Provided by Wearable Devices. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Volume 2013 (2013), 190813, pp 1-9. This article relates the idea of smart wearable devices to the concept of the “Internet of things” – the interconnected…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 2

Link: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-36071-8_28 Reference: Nayak, Swamy, Ramaswamy, D.N, M.V.S, S.R, 2010. Supporting Location Information Privacy in Mobile Devices. 1st ed. 9th International Conference, ICDCIT 2013, Bhubaneswar, India,: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp 361-372 This article explores the growing issue of manipulation that may take place in a company’s aim to obtain information about a user of a…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 1

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7387859 Reference: Mertz, L.M, 2016. Are Wearables Safe?: We Carry Our Smart Devices with Us Everywhere – Even to Bed – But Have We Been Sleeping with the Enemy, or are Cautionary Tales Overinflated?. 1st ed. -: IEEE Pulse, Vol.7(1), pp.39-43 This article explores the question of whether wearable smart devices can be considered safe,…