Welcome to writing with a camera
About
This digital garden is tended by yours truly, David Tamés, to provide students with articles, notes, presentations, handouts, assignments, and reference materials related to my courses and creative research. See the Alexandre Astruc page for an explanation of the name of this site.
Sections
The site is organized into the following sections:
- Introduction to Cinema
- Introduction to Production
- Courses and Workshops
- Handouts
- Articles
- Presentations (Workshops and Guest Lectures)
Navigation
When viewing in wide mode on a desktop browser, pages will show a table of contents for the current page in the right sidebar, which is handy for finding specific slides in presentations or sections in article and handout pages. This option is not available when viewing on a tablet or smartphone view in the current version of the site.
Contact
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions, comments, or corrections. If you are a student in one of my courses or workshops, please follow the communication norms established for the course or workshop you are enrolled in. If you are not one of my students, the best way to reach me is to use the contact form on my portfolio website. My contact information may be found on my Northeastern faculty page and LinkedIn profile.
Copyright and disclaimers
Copyright © 2026 by David Tamés, Some Rights Reserved. Licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Any pages that are remixes or derivative works based on works licensed under compatible licenses are indicated at the end of the page with a link back to the source. Instances of copyrighted materials that are incorporated following the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education and have been tagged as “(used under Fair Use guidelines)” or “(fair use)” or “(educational fair use).” The content on this website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind whatsoever. Links to other websites does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement. All product and company names are the registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of trademarks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.