Brian Springer
Encyclopedia
Brian Springer is an American
television director
and producer
, and new media art
ist born in 1959.
Brian Springer spent a year searching for footage grabbing back channel
news feeds not intended for public consumption. The result of his research was Spin
. This 1995 feature length documentary
gives an insight into the perception of how television is used to try and control and distort the American public's view of reality. Springer produced Spin as a followup to Feed (1992), for which he also provided raw satellite footage.
In 2007, Springer released another documentary, The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, and new media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
ist born in 1959.
Brian Springer spent a year searching for footage grabbing back channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
news feeds not intended for public consumption. The result of his research was Spin
Spin (film)
Spin is a 1995 documentary film by Brian Springer composed of raw satellite feeds exposing politicians' pre-appearance planning. It covers, not only the United States presidential primaries, 1992 and presidential election, but also the LA riots as well as the Operation Rescue abortion...
. This 1995 feature length documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
gives an insight into the perception of how television is used to try and control and distort the American public's view of reality. Springer produced Spin as a followup to Feed (1992), for which he also provided raw satellite footage.
In 2007, Springer released another documentary, The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity.
External links
- Brian Springer in the Video Data Bank
Watch
- Illegal Art Exhibit collection (2002), watch online or download from Archive.com - click here to download only spin, choose either .mp4 of .ogvOggOgg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The creators of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.The Ogg container format can multiplex...
files.