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Record W7162110700 · doi:10.59236/emro.v26i7a8247

Wrought

2024· article· W7162110700 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueEducational Media Reviews Online · 2024
Typearticle
Language
FieldPsychology
TopicScience Education and Perceptions
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
Fundersnot available
KeywordsNarrativePoetryPerceptionShot (pellet)Mental image

Abstract

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Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)Produced by Joel Penner and Anna SigrithurDirected by Joel Penner and Anna Sigrithur2022, Streaming, 22 mins Wrought is a visually stunning short film composed of timelapse video of organic decomposition. It explores various aspects of decomposition, breaking the film into the categories “spoil,” “ferment,” “compost” and “wrought.” In these broad categories, Wrought shows detailed imagery of food spoilage, fermentation, rotting animal corpses and growing fungi, highlighting decay by fungi bacteria and insects. Wrought is composed of close-up shots on black background, giving the viewer an unflinching view of decay. Many shots show a cross sectional view, filling the screen with the minute details of decomposition. Images are accompanied by a poetic voice over that philosophically contemplates organic decay. The film tries to challenge viewers' perception of decay by showing it in tantalizing detail, inviting the viewer to stare in grotesque fascination. The combination of intense, sometimes squeamish, imagery with florid narration makes for an interesting short film. Unfortunately, these stylistic choices hinder the film’s utility as an educational tool. The flowery narration uses vague language to talk about organic decay and does not provide enough real information about the imagery on screen to be essential viewing in a classroom setting. As Wrought is very short (22 minutes), it may be useful to show to Microbiology or Food Science courses, but those looking for a film with scientific information should look elsewhere. Wrought’s mesmerizing imagery makes it recommended for all audiences. While it is recommended for academic audiences interested in detailed visual representations of decomposition, it is lacking the scientific information needed for most classroom applications. Awards:Best New Vision Film, International Wildlife Film Festival; Emerging Filmmaker Award, Yorkton Film Festival; Avant-Garde Award, Imagine Science Film Festival; Best Overall Film & Audience Award, Fungi Film Festival; Audience Award, Vox Popular Media Arts Festival; Best Overall Film, Eating at the Edges Film Festival; Best Short Documentary, Naturvision; Best Experimental/Animation, SCINEMA International Science Film Festival; Best Short Documentary, Ecozine Film Festival

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.371
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.2810.096

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.176
GPT teacher head0.499
Teacher spread0.323 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it