You are exceptional....I didn't sleep the whole of last night and I'm still up tonight trying to write an assignment discussion about Benjamin's theories in relation to Art History and New media and I FOUGHT SO HARD TO STAY AWAKE, until I found you. You, have an exceptional talent to teach and word sentences in a way that are incredibly captivating and interesting. THE WORLD NEEDS teachers like you, you make all the difference in the world!!!!
Mr Schoning you are literally saving my life right now. i totally needed this for an assignment i have to write for filmschool. thanks for the help!! i was so lost
Thank you for this series professor!! I have this for one of my readings in my finals and we didn't discuss this essay in as much detail in class at all, even though it's soo dense. It's really helpful that you are elaborating on all these themes in-depth. Thank you so much!! I feel a little more confident about my finals because of you!
I've researching on Benjamin's notion of aura to develop an idea which goes like this: sampling and remix (in music production) can be conceived as a "post-auratic" form of music compositio that points towards the kind of political economy described by Jacques Attali's "composition" (in his "noise essay"). I found your account and explanation very enlightening, and thank you deeply for it. Can you share academic sources on the interpretation of the Benjamin's concepts?
ah yeah sampling/remix makes perfect sense as a post-auratic form of music. most of the secondary sources on Benjamin that I'm familiar with are in the film studies context. if that interests you, check out the work of Miriam Hansen (she has a number of great essays that you can get through a library portal, and her book Cinema and Experience offers a useful chapter on Benjamin)
I have old and original, one-of-a-kind 8mm home movies made in the 1950s filmed by my daddy and mommy that I mediate (project) on a tiny scale for small, worshipful family audiences; so, film as film can indeed be subjective and immediate and intimate, contra Benjamin.
Let's take Scream (1996, dir. Wes Craven). That was a cult hit. I'm arguing that while film in general is void of artistic value in 2024, The Aura can still be channeled through the medium. I guess I'm saying that The Aura cannot die. I cite the phenomena referred to as "cult hits" as evidence that The Aura can be seen in some films. Clerks (1994?, dir. Kevin Smith) definitely has The Aura. So I guess I'm challenging Benjamin on that part of his idea. I think the process of imbuing film with Aura is based on using semiotic conventions specific to a particular subculture.
@@ScribblebytesWorldwide very interesting. if you read the essay (or just watch part 3 of this video series) you'll see that Benjamin very much agrees with the notion that the 'aura cannot die.' check it out - i think you'll resonate with it. the idea of reading 'cult movies' as auratic is interesting. to make that argument work, i think you'd have to make clear why cult movies are called 'cult' movies, and locate a sympathy between these properties and what Benjamin means by 'cult' in terms like cult value. but in just thinking about it for a second, i do think it makes sense. if you think of, say, midnight showings of Rocky Horror (or The Room), a big part of the value of attending those screenings is collective experience with others - chanting particular lines with everybody else at particular moments, singing songs. it's all ritual! a very pre-modern pleasure.
Exactly. if you had lived in Bach´s time you might have been able to listen to any of his pieces maybe just once in your life, maybe surrounded by people in a cathedral. This is because aura is tied to a ritualistic function, according to Benjamin.
Benjamin considered Neon Genesis Evangelion a masterpiece. In fact, it has been suggested that the concept of aura was more or less inspired by the AT Fields featured in the series.
You are exceptional....I didn't sleep the whole of last night and I'm still up tonight trying to write an assignment discussion about Benjamin's theories in relation to Art History and New media and I FOUGHT SO HARD TO STAY AWAKE, until I found you. You, have an exceptional talent to teach and word sentences in a way that are incredibly captivating and interesting. THE WORLD NEEDS teachers like you, you make all the difference in the world!!!!
wow, this comment made my week. thanks for taking the time to write it!
Mr Schoning you are literally saving my life right now. i totally needed this for an assignment i have to write for filmschool. thanks for the help!! i was so lost
Thank you for this series professor!! I have this for one of my readings in my finals and we didn't discuss this essay in as much detail in class at all, even though it's soo dense. It's really helpful that you are elaborating on all these themes in-depth. Thank you so much!! I feel a little more confident about my finals because of you!
Thank you! Of great help in an assignment! Benjamin is easy to read but difficult to understand.
Ty. You make it so easy to understand.
This has been so helpful. I read Benjamin's essay and was just like ???
glad to hear it!
can i apply this essay towards boy bands/ girl groups in terms of the actors part
thank you so much for this
I've researching on Benjamin's notion of aura to develop an idea which goes like this: sampling and remix (in music production) can be conceived as a "post-auratic" form of music compositio that points towards the kind of political economy described by Jacques Attali's "composition" (in his "noise essay"). I found your account and explanation very enlightening, and thank you deeply for it. Can you share academic sources on the interpretation of the Benjamin's concepts?
ah yeah sampling/remix makes perfect sense as a post-auratic form of music. most of the secondary sources on Benjamin that I'm familiar with are in the film studies context. if that interests you, check out the work of Miriam Hansen (she has a number of great essays that you can get through a library portal, and her book Cinema and Experience offers a useful chapter on Benjamin)
I have old and original, one-of-a-kind 8mm home movies made in the 1950s filmed by my daddy and mommy that I mediate (project) on a tiny scale for small, worshipful family audiences; so, film as film can indeed be subjective and immediate and intimate, contra Benjamin.
how did it take me this long to find your account ??
haha i'd have to blame 'the algorithm'
@@filmandmediastudieschannel just here before you blow up my man
@@kevinmuendo9889 haha thanks for the support!
I haven't read the text. May I know if these videos will cover the entire 26-page text? I have an exam tomorrow. Please reply
12:03 yeah
Let's take Scream (1996, dir. Wes Craven). That was a cult hit. I'm arguing that while film in general is void of artistic value in 2024, The Aura can still be channeled through the medium. I guess I'm saying that The Aura cannot die. I cite the phenomena referred to as "cult hits" as evidence that The Aura can be seen in some films. Clerks (1994?, dir. Kevin Smith) definitely has The Aura. So I guess I'm challenging Benjamin on that part of his idea.
I think the process of imbuing film with Aura is based on using semiotic conventions specific to a particular subculture.
@@ScribblebytesWorldwide very interesting. if you read the essay (or just watch part 3 of this video series) you'll see that Benjamin very much agrees with the notion that the 'aura cannot die.' check it out - i think you'll resonate with it. the idea of reading 'cult movies' as auratic is interesting. to make that argument work, i think you'd have to make clear why cult movies are called 'cult' movies, and locate a sympathy between these properties and what Benjamin means by 'cult' in terms like cult value. but in just thinking about it for a second, i do think it makes sense. if you think of, say, midnight showings of Rocky Horror (or The Room), a big part of the value of attending those screenings is collective experience with others - chanting particular lines with everybody else at particular moments, singing songs. it's all ritual! a very pre-modern pleasure.
he was a fan of what we call now gatekeeping
So can we say it about music too? Even a Bach piece can be recorded, edited and copied..
Exactly. if you had lived in Bach´s time you might have been able to listen to any of his pieces maybe just once in your life, maybe surrounded by people in a cathedral. This is because aura is tied to a ritualistic function, according to Benjamin.
I wish he wouldn’t rush and mumble. Is there a time limit?
i wonder if Benjamin considers anime as art
Benjamin considered Neon Genesis Evangelion a masterpiece. In fact, it has been suggested that the concept of aura was more or less inspired by the AT Fields featured in the series.
@@enzocompanbadillo5365 What?