The “Mobile Effect” on Screen Format: the Case of Vertical Videos

<div class="page" title="Page 45"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>The videos made through mobile phones are probably changing the way we think of videos created to tell or show something, both imaginary tales or private movies, or even chronicles of events to spread rapidly through the web. A change has already occurred in the use, as the new digital portable devices allowed to concentrate on a single medium a variety of media with various functions. Therefore, a tool like the telephone has been enhanced with new features typically designed for other media.</p><p>In this process of appropriation, new mobile devices changed the way these new features are being used, due, of course, to new conditions. Other than multiplying the production of images that one would call "dirty" due to the presence of rough movements, continuous zoom in and zoom out and, of course, broadcast sub-standard video quality, the new tools introduced the practice of vertical shooting, so inducing a habit.</p><p>In the history of photography, however, the two formats, landscape and portrait, have always lived together. This paper aims to analyze, briefly, a situation in rapid and continuous evolution, also characterized by the presence of new paradigms responding to visual aesthetic rules that are gradually being defined.</p></div></div></div

Short review of the relationship between videomusic and art

This brief review explores the evolving relationship between the music and the image up to newer art forms. From the experimental cinema of the early 20th century, among other things related to music and to the attempts to sound the filmic image, to the success and flooding of, at first, the cinematic image and then the television image (with the production of countless musical and music related movies in the first case, with the creation of TV networks dedicated to the "music to see" in the second), up to their assimilation and processing in the artistic field, today it happens to witness the neutralization of all the examples of union between music and image because of excessive audio-visual production. In this situation, the art can, as in the past, intervene to bring out the quality of the music or the visual, or both in real complete works, by renewing the language and elevating it from a subculture level to a more authoritative one, as well as "positive" for new art market

The "Mobile Effect" on Screen Format: the Case of Vertical Videos

The videos made through mobile phones are probably changing the way we think of videos created to tell or show something, both imaginary tales or private movies, or even chronicles of events to spread rapidly through the web. A change has already occurred in the use, as the new digital portable devices allowed to concentrate on a single medium a variety of media with various functions. Therefore, a tool like the telephone has been enhanced with new features typically designed for other media.In this process of appropriation, new mobile devices changed the way these new features are being used, due, of course, to new conditions. Other than multiplying the production of images that one would call "dirty" due to the presence of rough movements, continuous zoom in and zoom out and, of course, broadcast sub-standard video quality, the new tools introduced the practice of vertical shooting, so inducing a habit.In the history of photography, however, the two formats, landscape and portrait, have always lived together. This paper aims to analyze, briefly, a situation in rapid and continuous evolution, also characterized by the presence of new paradigms responding to visual aesthetic rules that are gradually being defined

Il prodotto attrae, il territorio accoglie. Analisi dell'offerta turistica di due areali produttivi IGP siciliani

Product attracts, the environment receives. Analysis of the tourist offer of two sicilian PGI production areas. - The category of protected agro-food products is the result of a unique combination of environmental and human factors that meet in a given territory with the task of communicating the specifics out of the place of origin. The present contribution is intended to carry out a comparative analysis between two Sicilian PGI products, Uva da tavola di Mazzarrone and Uva da tavola di Canicattì, and their territories. A territorial analysis of tourist offerings is proposed through the methodology of density maps (GIS) and a reconnaissance of the promotion and communication mechanisms through the new media

El potencial resiliente de algunas zonas interiores sicilianas

El carácter resiliente de los territorios marginales, a nivel nacional, está siendo investigado por la Agencia de Cohesión Territorial que, en 2014, elaboró la Estrategia Nacional para Áreas Internas (ENAI). Nuestro caso de estudio se refiere al área del proyecto «Calatino», que fue identificada por el ENAI, y describimos sus características esenciales y cualidades territoriales. A través del Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG), hemos creado cartografía funcional para la identificación del área, y para la descripción de algunas de sus principales características. Para evaluar algunas características de resiliencia, se identificaron los actores y redes que tienen un papel en la activación de estrategias resilientes, mientras que se realizó un análisis a través de la red de afiliación de Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS). Por un lado, este análisis destacó algunos problemas y, por otro lado, las potencialidades que pueden buscarse en la debilidad de las relaciones que los municipios parecen mantener entre sí, así como en un cierto grado de fermento cultural

COVID-19 Severity in Multiple Sclerosis: Putting Data Into Context

Background and objectives: It is unclear how multiple sclerosis (MS) affects the severity of COVID-19. The aim of this study is to compare COVID-19-related outcomes collected in an Italian cohort of patients with MS with the outcomes expected in the age- and sex-matched Italian population. Methods: Hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death after COVID-19 diagnosis of 1,362 patients with MS were compared with the age- and sex-matched Italian population in a retrospective observational case-cohort study with population-based control. The observed vs the expected events were compared in the whole MS cohort and in different subgroups (higher risk: Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS] score &gt; 3 or at least 1 comorbidity, lower risk: EDSS score ≤ 3 and no comorbidities) by the χ2 test, and the risk excess was quantified by risk ratios (RRs). Results: The risk of severe events was about twice the risk in the age- and sex-matched Italian population: RR = 2.12 for hospitalization (p &lt; 0.001), RR = 2.19 for ICU admission (p &lt; 0.001), and RR = 2.43 for death (p &lt; 0.001). The excess of risk was confined to the higher-risk group (n = 553). In lower-risk patients (n = 809), the rate of events was close to that of the Italian age- and sex-matched population (RR = 1.12 for hospitalization, RR = 1.52 for ICU admission, and RR = 1.19 for death). In the lower-risk group, an increased hospitalization risk was detected in patients on anti-CD20 (RR = 3.03, p = 0.005), whereas a decrease was detected in patients on interferon (0 observed vs 4 expected events, p = 0.04). Discussion: Overall, the MS cohort had a risk of severe events that is twice the risk than the age- and sex-matched Italian population. This excess of risk is mainly explained by the EDSS score and comorbidities, whereas a residual increase of hospitalization risk was observed in patients on anti-CD20 therapies and a decrease in people on interferon

DMTs and Covid-19 severity in MS: a pooled analysis from Italy and France

We evaluated the effect of DMTs on Covid-19 severity in patients with MS, with a pooled-analysis of two large cohorts from Italy and France. The association of baseline characteristics and DMTs with Covid-19 severity was assessed by multivariate ordinal-logistic models and pooled by a fixed-effect meta-analysis. 1066 patients with MS from Italy and 721 from France were included. In the multivariate model, anti-CD20 therapies were significantly associated (OR&nbsp;=&nbsp;2.05, 95%CI&nbsp;=&nbsp;1.39–3.02, p&nbsp;&lt;&nbsp;0.001) with Covid-19 severity, whereas interferon indicated a decreased risk (OR&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.42, 95%CI&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.18–0.99, p&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.047). This pooled-analysis confirms an increased risk of severe Covid-19 in patients on anti-CD20 therapies and supports the protective role of interferon

The resilient potential of some Sicilian inner areas: the case of the Calatino Project Area

The resilience of marginal territories, at a national level, is being investigated by the Territorial Cohesion Agency which, in 2014, produced the National Strategy for Internal Areas (NSIA). Our case study concerns the Project Area «Calatino», which was identified by the NSIA, and we describe its essential characteristics and territorial qualities. By means of the Geographic Information System (GIS), we have created cartography functional to the identification of the area, and for the description of some of its main characteristics. In order to evaluate some resilient characteristics, the actors and networks that have a role in the implementation of resilient strategies have been identified, while analysis was carried out through the affiliation network of Social Network Analysis (SNA). On the one hand, this analysis highlighted some problems and, on the other hand, potentialities that can be sought in the weakness of the relationships that the municipalities seem to maintain among themselves, as well as in a certain degree of cultural ferment.El carácter resiliente de los territorios marginales, a nivel nacional, está siendo investigado por la Agencia de Cohesión Territorial que, en 2014, elaboró la Estrategia Nacional para Áreas Internas (ENAI). Nuestro caso de estudio se refiere al área del proyecto «Calatino», que fue identificada por el ENAI, y describimos sus características esenciales y cualidades territoriales. A través del Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG), hemos creado cartografía funcional para la identificación del área, y para la descripción de algunas de sus principales características. Para evaluar algunas características de resiliencia, se identificaron los actores y redes que tienen un papel en la activación de estrategias resilientes, mientras que se realizó un análisis a través de la red de afiliación de Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS). Por un lado, este análisis destacó algunos problemas y, por otro lado, las potencialidades que pueden buscarse en la debilidad de las relaciones que los municipios parecen mantener entre sí, así como en un cierto grado de fermento cultural

Landscape, Memory, and Adverse Shocks: The 1968 Earthquake in Bel&igrave;ce Valley (Sicily, Italy): A Case Study

The interaction between humans and nature dramatically reveals the role of sudden and destructive events in the progressive and never-ending trend of depletion of the territorial dimension of the Bel&igrave;ce Valley (Valle del Bel&igrave;ce, Sicily, Italy). If on the one hand a tragic event, such as the earthquake of 1968, that destroyed towns and villages in the Bel&igrave;ce Valley, represented a moment of pain and suffering for local communities and their territories, on the other, more than 50 years after the event, we are able to shed light on the reaction to the earthquake effects through an in-depth analysis of the heritage of the physical and immaterial rubble. Our research is aimed at framing, through special geovisual tools, the paths of this rebuilding process and to verify whether the &ldquo;new&rdquo; interaction of humans and nature has reached an acceptable balance. After introducing the concept of landscape and investigating some local manifestations within the Bel&igrave;ce Valley, we tackle the technical question of re-photography as a powerful and quick method for observing the territorial changes that occurred after the earthquake. This approach is based on the collection of historical photographs and, subsequently, onsite activities for the creation of a contemporary archive of images. The method used for comparing the images was that of re-photographic overlapping, a useful technique to compare different moments of the history of a landscape and to analyze the effectiveness of the process of rebuilding. Finally, this analysis introduces us to a new perspective where in our opinion, it is possible to frame some features of the Bel&igrave;ce Valley and some more general aspects that are useful for other territories hit by destructive events and having to face choices related to the future of their communities