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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We're hiring! Bowdoin Cinema Studies invites applications for a full-time TT Assistant Professor. We seek candidates working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and either documentary studies or television studies. For more information, visit careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18091.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Kinolab curators will be the first to tell you that distinguishing between a zoom and a dolly can be tricky. But with this week’s post from @bowdoincollege.bsky.social they also tell you a bit about what makes a zoom distinctive.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The meaning of camera movement is highly contextual, as these examples from Kinolab curators @bowdoincollege.bsky.social show. Follow along as we work with @dbamman.bsky.social and fellow film scholars to develop computational approaches to study camera movement at scale this year.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Analytical AI methods developed by @dbamman.bsky.social help us identify camera distance in onscreen storytelling. But can these technologies account for scale, rooted in distinct story worlds and viewer perception? An interesting problem we’re confronting this summer @bowdoincollege.bsky.social.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What’s in, or what isn’t in, a close-up? Kinolab is working with computer scientist @dbamman.bsky.social (UC Berkeley, School of Information) and other collaborators this year to optimize analytical AI for film and media research, bridging the gap between distant and close viewing practices. 📉🎥👀

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Lots of great videographic work (and social opportunities) at #SCMS26! Please spread the word!

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Bowdoin College @bowdoincollege.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

From cinema studies to German, from biology to Russian, Bowdoin faculty from across the academic spectrum were rewarded for their excellence in research and teaching during the fall semester with funding awards from external sources. bit.ly/3ZdhrB5

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Scholarship Boosted by Faculty Grants Through Fall 2025

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Spending a rainy Maine day with the SCMS conference program and sharing sessions related to the DH and Videographic Criticism SIG. Let me know in the comments if you have a panel or presentation I should add. #SCMS26

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Heads up SCMSers! The annual DH and Videographic Criticism SIG meeting is this Friday, Dec 5 from 11-12 CST. Keep an eye on your inbox tomorrow for instructions about how to join the Zoom session. Come hang with us - we know when to use video instead of writing and we can sing (sort of)! #SCMS26

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Camera movement has existed longer than we might think, with pans becoming common in the 1900s. Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Kinolab, like many other open access film and media projects, relies on metadata from The Movie Database. Please support our work and that of colleagues by signing the linked petition and by sharing this request widely. Thank you!

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....

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The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Many of us have dear family and friends whose lives have been dramatically affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles. If you’re wondering how you can support the urgent recovery efforts underway there, please consider contributing to any or all of the following organizations.

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy Children-Return-to-School Day to all who celebrate! Marking the occasion with a leisurely perusal of the @scmstudies.bsky.social conference program and noting all the videographic panels. Did I miss any? #scms25

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Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We made a thing! The videographic cluster “The Personal Mediascape in the Age of Videographic Heterotopias” has just gone live over on ASAP/Review. Happy watching and reading! asapjournal.com/cluster/the-...

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The Personal Mediascape in the Age of Videographic Heterotopias

ASAP/Review is one of the scholarly publications of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, along with the print publication ASAP/Journal.

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