BVA703 Research - Analsying sources



21/02/2020

Tutorials and guides to software and techniques are examples of technical sources

 We are going to interloan a book later in the class

Ward, P. (2002). Picture Composition. Routledge. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/sitlibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=297073

It is a mix of primary and secondary source because it is based on the author's own experience and expertise in the field concerning elements of film techniques, but uses external information to fill in the gaps and to support theoretical context.
It is relevant to my research because it lays out many information on the technical side of the techniques, some of them key to my research, and so I would categorize this text as a technical source rather than an academic source. Especially since the author has no academic qualification and has a history of publishing technical guides to different aspects of film and broadcasting.

 Other books by Peter Ward
https://www.bookdepository.com/Studio-Outside-Broadcast-Camerawork-Peter-Ward/9780240516493
https://www.bookdepository.com/TV-Technical-Operations-Peter-Ward/9780240515687?ref=grid-view&qid=1582234895156&sr=1-94
https://www.bookdepository.com/Basic-Betacam-Camerawork-Peter-Ward/9780240516042?ref=grid-view&qid=1582234895156&sr=1-103
https://www.bookdepository.com/Basic-Betacam-DVCPRO-Camerawork-Peter-Ward/9780240515182?ref=grid-view&qid=1582234929002&sr=1-145


Rogers, A. (2013). Cinematic appeals : the experience of new movie technologies. Columbia University Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/sitlibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1321265

 Northwestern School of Communication. (2020). Ariel Rogers. Northwestern University. https://www.communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/ArielRogers

 This publication would be more of primary source for my research at this stage. Primary source in the sense that will be a source that I would continuously look back at if I choose to make it a big part of my research project. 
The author is an expert in film topics that are intriguing and related to my research question and she is a person I would like to further look into, especially her other publications related to my research topic.
This publication has a more theoretical and academic foundation than the other publication with its use of academic language in the text, the credibility of the author, and the publisher being an academic institute, Columbia University Press.

 She wrote an article in Cinema Journal about the anxious appeal of widescreen cinema and a chapter on presenting Cinerama on Blu-ray for a Amsterdam University publication.

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