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A 1957 Dodge commercial is transformed by music

Image Sound Relations

A series of image-sound experiments using a Dodge commercial and various sound tracks

Economic principles in The Simpsons
Dirk Mateer's Econ Media Library

A collection of clips illustrating economic theory in popular culture

A Depression-era Hollywood happy ending in Stand Up and Cheer (1934)
Golden Age Hollywood and American History

A collection of clips illustrating the relationship of Hollywood films to events in American history

Handheld camera work in The Sopranos
Television Style

A selection of clips from Jeremy Butler's books Television Style and Television: Critical Methods and Applications, illustrating the formal properties of televisual poetics.

Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet (2000)
"Remember me": Technologies of Memory in Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet

An illustrated essay on Michael Almereyda's Hamlet by Katherine Rowe

In this clip from Feminist Frequency, Roseanne explains male privilege in less than 30 seconds
Feminist Frequency on Critical Commons

A collection of clips from Anita Sarkeesian analyzing the gender politics of commercial television