Applications of remote sensing to estuarine management : Final report and annual report number 7

Remote sensing techniques have been applied to problems in estuarine management in the seventh and final year of a NASA grant. A chromaticity technique for multi-date Landsat measurement of suspended sediment has been verified and made operational, and applied to sedimentation analysis of the ·Bay of Fundy Tidal Power Project. Dye-buoy photogrannnetry has been used to measure currents at depth and analyze suspended sediment plumes from hydraulic · dredging. Wetland permit sites and beach erosion site\u27s have been evaluated with aerial photography. Submerged aquatic vegetation has been mapped with tide- and wind-synchronized color photography. Virginia state resource monitoring needs have led to implementation of Landsat data p.rocessing capability for joint work with NASA Goddard on demonstration projects. This final report contains summaries and tables of the projects and activities of the Remote Sensing Center over the past seven years

Coloring the Figures. Women’s Labor in the Early Italian Film Industry

The essay deals with the problem of women workers employed as hand colorists in Italy between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. It explores general issues such as the relation between the modern development of industrial coloring processes and the professions involved, the continuity between the coloring techniques in the film industry and those employed in other production fields (e.g. photography). The text subsequently investigates the situation of women workers and the gendered forms of labor division in the Roman laboratories of Cines between 1905 and 1910

Hoosier legends : how RAW image capturing shapes production and post-production of non-fiction video

This study has presented a comprehensive overview of the context and significance of how raw image capturing can shape production and post-production workflow of non-fiction video. The evidence suggests that there are both advantages and disadvantages to this method of image capturing. The documentary submitted as the creative project, Hoosier Legends, utilizes this form of raw image capturing to produce the video. This project explores what the production team did to utilize this particular workflow, the steps involved to produce the documentary, the cost associated with the project and the advantages and disadvantages this form of image capturing brought about. It also details the knowledge gained and recommendations for future productions that utilize this same form of image capturing.Thesis (M.A.)Department of Telecommunication

Rockscapes:A Study of Forms in the Natural Formations of Hyderabad

Rock formations in the Deccan Plateau are very old; some of them are older than 2.5 million years. Geologically, rocks constitute of various mineral compositions within the core and these decide how they are shaped due to weathering over many years. These beautifully weathered landscapes are affected by the recent rapid urbanization. Thus by photographically studying the forms and divulging the inner souls, this project attempts to sensitize a viewer towards these rockscapes. Photographs are presented in square format to highlight the form and texture. As per the psychology of shapes, square is quite balanced and that encourages the viewer to move around within the frame. It provides a clutter free and simple composition. In addition, the images are printed in monochrome to eliminate the visual dominance of color, to emphasize form and texture, to feel the timelessness and to amplify the use of negative space. By grouping the images, the subject matter is presented to the viewer with intended emphasis – singles, sky, plants, shadow and radials

The Thing You Are Looking For

This thesis document explores the influences and content of visual artist Jessie Shinn’s work, in particular the photography she has done as part of her Master of Fine Arts degree program at Washington University in St. Louis. Ideas discussed include phenomenology, phenomenophilia, affect, defamiliarization, the everyday, space, emptiness and boredom. Important artists and movements mentioned are Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W. Turner and Romanticism; Alfred Stieglitz and Modernism; and contemporary artists Hiroshi Sugimoto, Uta Barth and Wolfgang Tillmans. Writers and philosophers Samuel Coleridge, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rei Terada, Kathleen Stewart, David Markson, David Foster Wallace, Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze are also discussed

Creating Bright Shadows: Visual Music Using Immersion, Stereography, and Computer Animation

This thesis outlines the research and process of creating an immersive audiovisual work titled “Bright Shadows,” an 11 minute three-dimensional animation of dynamic, colorful abstractions choreographed to instrumental music. This piece is categorized under a long tradition of a type of visual art aspiring to musical analogy called “visual music” and draws heavily from the two-dimensional aesthetic stylings of time-based visual music works made in the early to mid-twentieth century. Among the topics discussed in this paper will be an overview of the artistic and technical challenges associated with translating the visual grammar of these two-dimensional works to three-dimensional computer graphics while establishing a unique aesthetic style. This paper also presents a framework for creating a digital, synthetic space using a large-format immersive theater, stereoscopic imaging, and static framing of the digital environment