Penoptacon and early cinema lectures

Finished Illusions in Motion.
Last notes: page 339, definition and history of real penoptacon, Jeremy Bentaham, 1780-1790s.
page 364, narrator of panorama compared to early cinema. Gives me idea to have Mr. Saul do a panorama narration.
also p 364, "Media Culture" defined as "a cultural condition, where large numbers of people live  under the constant influence of media (anything from newspapers to the internet).  Mediated communication has increasingly replaced face-to-face encounters,: people relate to each other at a distance by technological devices, and gain much of their information from media channels operated by governments and corporations." (Huntamo)

Chapters 3-9

Catching up on blog (have been reading a few pages every day). Brief notes to remember:
Page 47: protointeractive versus passive panorama
page 106: I love the word "Extravaganza" and should use it more.
Page 118: problem of horizontal spools described.
Page 122: "electric motors, they lose their identity, becoming invisible" ie: the hand cranking makes us more aware of the moving background and it makes it more real.
Page 139-140: Bouton and Daguerre invent diorama
Page 146-147, paint on 2 sides and back/front light to create effects.
Page 153: "The Diorama stinks of the machine, and man, fortunately, is horrified by the machine".
page 173: spectacle over story
Page 177: Barvard entertainment using camera obscura, puppets, and the magic lantern.
Page 178: Toy panorama: can I design this?
Page 189: no sketching fro the audience, audience asked to watch out for this - early pirates.
Page 192: trading cards and the Victorian "frenzy of the visible".
Page 217: monopolylogues or polymonologues
Page 247: Parody is good enough to become a "meta-performance"
Page 257: Satire: Advertising in between images? Brechtian yelling between stage and audience.
Page 269: 2 view or dissolving views projector like the one I have (but bigger).
Page 271: limelight defined (pieces of lime heated with gas flame)

Chapter 2, incubation era

Finished chapter two of Illusions in Motion. References to many early entertainment forms, most being either complicated or expensive so that they would be commercially used or for the rich only. Documentation is often misleading. For example, in one case a puppet show in front of a painting was publicized as a moving panorama.
On page 47, talk about hand held item as "protointeractive" and contrasted that with the passive state of looking a large spectacle work like panorama. 

Panorama

Page 1-12

Define: Pan (all) Hormama (view)

The scroll-like panorama as the original and of British design. It had presenter/narrator and differed from static wall views in continental Europe, resulting in less critical discourse. These could tour and were often of lower technical craftsmanship. Confined to English speaking nations.