STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021, I BEGAN WORKING ON SOMETHING NEW: "FREDERICK WISEMAN - A JOURNAL." I WATCHED EVERY AVAILABLE WISEMAN FILM IN ORDER (A TOTAL OF 43), ONE EVERY TWO DAYS, AND ON THE DAY IN BETWEEN I WROTE ABOUT EACH ONE. THIS TOOK THREE MONTHS. THE RESULT CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK.
I am a Research Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media at UCLA. Here are six more projects of mine. You can find additional information about me at my UCLA web page here, where some of my published stuff is also available to download. I can be reached by email at smamber@ucla.edu. (While I am listed on my school's website in the Research Professor Emeritus section, I am still active in the Department and University.)
The Seventh Race: Kubrick at The Starting Gate
The third in my series of free iPad apps examining great films with unusual time structures. This is about the 1955 Stanley Kubrick film "The Killing". Available as of July 2018. It is a free iPad app (like the others). On an iPad, go to the AppStore to download. Search by my name or the app name. Click here for a preview link.
7 Thursdays: Looking at Brief Encounter
The second in my series of free iPad apps examining great films with unusual time structures. About the 1945 David Lean film. Click here for a preview link.
The first of my experiments in "forensic film analysis," looking at the 1963 John Ford film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". Click here to preview.
ClipNotes - An iPad and Windows 10 App, and now a Mac App too! And also for iPhones as of 9/23!!
Description, links, and support materials for this app, a film/video study and presentation tool is available at clipnotes.org, and Getting Started info is also here. In addition to an iPad version, there is also a Windows 10 app (which means anything running Windows 10 or 11, not just tablets). The Windows version can be found, naturally, in the Windows App Store. Lots of stuff about this app is also available at clipnotes.org.
As of September 2023, the iOS version also works on iPhones.
THE MAC VERSION IS CALLED "ClipNoter" (legal reasons for the change) AND CAN BE FOUND AT THE MAC APP STORE. ALL VERSIONS ARE COMPLETELY FREE!!
These are two older web-based apps which I think are still of interest. I fixed them both recently so that Flash is no longer required. They should run fine in the browser of your choice.
Instrument of War: The True Story of the Yuba City Draft Board Murders
I did this in the middle 90's sometime. It is an attempt at "Digital Storytelling".
Center for Hidden Camera Research
A look at some surveillance video questions.