Development of a ‘Musically Formatted Deconstructed Dramatic Video Genre’ for

Brain-Neuroscience Didactics, Part I: The Conceptual Framework

William E. Ottowitz III, MD

Cumbersome Moniker?!

www.brainfilms.net

New Genre

Inspirational Context: MTV, Aug 1981

Inspirational Context: “Just Like Watching TV”

Behavioral Neurologyand Neuroanatomy

J. Cummings, M. Mendez, M. Mega, A. Scheibel

neurology residency: 1996-1998

“ What if … ”

…and so arrives…ha-ha… the musically formatted, experimental, deconstructed,

artistically cohesive, dramatic narrative brain documentary

Emotion’s Brain SECTIONS

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2min of Emotion’s Brain SECTIONS

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“Sections” Lyrics, (band = God Module)

Take off your head to let me in,So I can understand you…

How can I see what you areWhen you're not anything that I am?

In this mirror, we all look the same

Part I: Conceptual Framework Part II: Confluence of Visual Strategies and

Relevance of Augmented and Virtual Reality

Concept: music video template,

dramatic narrative, (deconstructed as necessary)

and brain didactics, all of which resonate artistically.

Conceptual Framework: Neurocinematics (Manipulating Attention with A Specific Artistic Formula)

Inter-Subject Correlation Hasson et al,

Projections 2008

Musically FormattedDramatic Narrative

Alternative Education: Music Facilitates Memory Retention

“musically formatted, deconstructed, artistically cohesive, dramatic narrative brain documentary”

…NOT…

l docum

musical documentary

full length film, hybrid genre: drama, documentary

music video

Disjointed, not artistically cohesive

Animated Documentaries: Artistically Cohesive (…but not music videos and not focused on brain didactics)

New Genre?

narrative is a gimmick

written words are necessary

didactic is partly concealed

New Perspective, Change of Thinking

• new genre: 5 criteria (MF, D, AR, DN, BD)

• a formula aimed at a cooperative rational union of the concept and aesthetic, which thus enhances the didactic aspect of the video

• any real significance? **does the strategy increase ISC and/or recall?