Illustrations for an article I wrote by that title.

1. Ze Frank and the Poetics of Web Video (illustrations)

2. The Show with Ze Frank 05-06-06 A typical close-up framing cutting off Frank’s chin and forehead, with his eyes wide and unblinking. { Figure 1 }

3. The Show with Ze Frank 05-15-06 Shifting lighting schemes within an episode: overexposure on the right side of Frank’s face and a yellowish color cast at the beginning, but in a more distant framing a short while later, the lighting is less harsh, with more contour and definition and a reddish tone. { Figure 2 }

4. The Show with Ze Frank 05-24-06 Again, a typically excessively tight framing, cutting off the face right at the lower lip… and later the very same episode, with an almost identical camera setup, the colors have oddly gotten a bit warmer. Note again the bug-eyed stare. { Figure 3 }

5. The Show with Ze Frank 05-20-06, 08-31-06 Goofy framings making use of available resources--the face--for comic effect. The bottom shot would be especially unlikely in professional production as it cuts off the eyes and mouth in rather unnatural ways. { Figure 4 }

6. { Figure 5 } “power move”

7. { Figure 6 } sportsracer t-shirts: the LOA eagle (L) and the duckie

8. { Figure 7 }