Photo-romans
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 2005
Frostburg State University, 2005


Film, video and computer animation are constructed on a basic building block: the frame. As one of the oldest forms of the moving image, the photo-roman (also known as cine-roman) serves as an ideal introduction to the language of time-based media.

After studying works such as Chris Marker's La Jetee (1962) and Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments, students created slide shows with Photoshop and Final Cut Pro or iMovie.