The Rhetorica Network
Rhetorica is my blog about documentary film and photography since March 2021. All posts from the previous version of Rhetorica, dating back to 2002, are available on archive.org.
About Rhetorica
Rhetorica began as a press-politics blog that grew out of a web project I began in 1998 as part of my graduate studies in rhetoric. My name is Dr. Andrew R. Cline. I am an Emeritus Professor of Media & Journalism at Missouri State University. I currently live in Aveiro, Portugal where I continue to write and do documentary film and photography projects.
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One Wrong Move and Facebook is Lost
I’m posting this here because I have lost my Facebook account and need to communicate the following widely. It appears likely I will never get it back. Long story short: If you see ad on Facebook for a ChatGPT app, … Continue reading
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Theme Construction Ahead
UPDATE: I’ve settled on a theme for now. So I’m unsticking this post and moving on 🙂 I began Rhetorica in 2002 (following its first iteration as Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2000) using the Greymatter blogging script. I moved from that … Continue reading
Fun With AI: A Matter of Visual Style: Part 2
I tried a bit different approach on part two of my examination of what ChatGPT can create regarding visual style in documentary film. I asked it to give me some tips on how to incorporate the “decisive moment” to documentary … Continue reading
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Fun With AI: A Matter of Visual Style, Part 1
I’ve written before about my admiration for the visual style of Terrence Malick and its influence on my non-fiction cinematography. I wondered: Can ChatGPT give me some tips about that? So I asked a “practical” question: How can I adapt … Continue reading
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Fun with AI: The Rhetoric of Camera Angles
Prompt given to ChatGPT: Explain the rhetoric of camera angles in documentary filmmaking. I added boldface to the text below. Explanation following the text. Result: In documentary filmmaking, camera angles are an essential rhetorical tool that helps filmmakers convey their … Continue reading
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