. . . M A G P I E D I N . . .
S C I E N C E / F I L M
       
 


A few short (<20 min) films.
Titles link to view larger-frame videos on vimeo.

Please email me (magpiedin at gmail dot com) if you'd like to get or give further information for any of these projects.

   
             
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What is natural history?
(Part of "The Field Revealed")

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2014
             
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An episode about a tree of life that doesn't sit still.
(Part of "The Field Revealed")

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2014
             
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An episode about bioluminescent deep sea fishes.
(Part of "The Field Revealed")

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2013
             
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An episode about species names and nomenclature.
(Part of "The Field Revealed")

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2012
             
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A short documentary about uncertainty and coping with it in the fields of comparative cognition.

Best Director, SCINEMA Festival of Science Film 2012
Honorable Mention, Columbus International Film + Video Festival

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2012
             
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A short documentary on a collaborative dialogue growing between chemists and philosophers.

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2011
             
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Some casual questions about attention and memory, in the vein of "a case of heads," but somewhat more spelled-out. Or less so?

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2011
             
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Questions on modeling, thinking, constructing ideas...

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2011
             
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A friend's dream about "rain legs" walking
over the hills, and being chased.

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2011
             
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Visualized portion of Lakatos's "Science and Pseudoscience" lecture. In an abstract state, currently.

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2010
 
 
 
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Concepts of "self" from a few human and non-human points of view

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2010
 
 
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Part of an ongoing look into what science is.
(Title "borrowed" from Alan Chalmers' book.)
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2010
 
 
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Short music video

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2010
 
 
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Profile of Casey Kanode
and episodic memory (to some extent)

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2009
 
 
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Is there a metaphorical tie between
ANOVAs and crosswords?

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2009