Beyond Spatial Montage

Michael Betancourt, Ph.D. is an artist, historian, theorist, and professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. He is the author of The ____________　Manifesto, The History of Motion Graphics, and The Critique of Digital Capitalism. Michael has exhibited internationally, and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

• 1. Introduction. 1.1 Definitions and Scope. 1.2 The "Image Animation Problem". 1.3 The Taxonomic Approach. 1.4 Affect. 1.5 Motion Graphics. 1.6 Scope of Analysis. 2. Realism. 2.1 The Long Take. 2.2 Animation. 2.3 Abstraction. 2.4 Montage and Editing. 2.5 Realism versus Reality. 2.6 Simultaneous Action. 3. Windowing. 3.1 Conceptual Framework. 3.2 Multiple Image Compositions. 3.3 Technological Production. 3.4 Limited Scope in Manovich’s Theorization. 3.5 Windowing. 4. Taxonomy. 4.1 Time—Motion—Space Displacement. 4.2 Motion—Space Displacement (Mirroring). 4.3 Time—Space Displacement. 4.4 Time—Motion Displacement (Step-Printing). 4.5 Interdependence of Types. 5. Conclusions. 5.1 Commercial and Non-Commercial Forms. 5.2 Theory and Praxis. 6. Diagrams and Figures. Appendix. A.1 Semiotics of Morphology and Structure. A.2 Application. A.3 Aesthetics are History.