{ "slug": "SCION_079_Qatsi_Three_Technological_Regimes", "version": "v2", "series": "SERIES_D_OBSERVATIONAL", "kicker": "SCION 079 \u00b7 OBSERVATIONAL & COLLECTIVE DOCUMENTARIES", "title": "The Qatsi Trilogy \u2014 Three Regimes of Technological Time", "subtitle": "Koyaanisqatsi (accelerated grid), Powaqqatsi (embodied haulage), and Naqoyqatsi (coded signal)", "scion_id": 79, "supporting_scions": [ 77, 78, 83 ], "lineage": "Lineage: Godfrey Reggio & Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), Naqoyqatsi (2002)", "theorem": "Distinguish the trilogy's three distinct temporal regimes rather than reducing them to a single time-lapse clich\u00e9: (I) urban-industrial acceleration, (II) bodily labor bearing raw weight, and (III) abstract coded/digital signal surfaces.", "boundary_note": "Explicitly partitions the film into Regime I (Koyaanisqatsi), Regime II (Powaqqatsi), and Regime III (Naqoyqatsi) as required by the `works.json` Kinetic note.", "critic_tribunal": { "critic_role": "Independent technological-tempo critic", "v1_verdict": "pass", "v2_verdict": "pass", "largest_gap": "Separates Regime I (`cd0bc5c8`, `cbcf2f77`), Regime II (`135e3a64`, `3e715a85`), and Regime III (`6b7a3bcf`, `45680277`) with distinct rhythmic pulses.", "falsifiable_repair": "All 6 segments verified cut-free." }, "duration_seconds": 36.08, "video_file": "films/SCION_079_Qatsi_Three_Technological_Regimes.mp4", "source_count": 6, "sources_summary": [ "cd0bc5c8 \u00b7 Growth of Cities (undated)", "cbcf2f77 \u00b7 Apollo 11 - 30th Anniversary (1969)", "135e3a64 \u00b7 Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (Part II) (1950)", "3e715a85 \u00b7 Men, Steel and Earthquakes (1960)", "6b7a3bcf \u00b7 Logic By Machine (Part II) (undated)", "45680277 \u00b7 Mastering Takeoffs and Landings (2009)" ], "edl": [ { "seg_idx": 1, "type": "title_card", "title": "The Qatsi Trilogy \u2014 Three Regimes of Technological Time", "phase": "OPENING SLATE", "action": "Koyaanisqatsi (accelerated grid), Powaqqatsi (embodied haulage), and Naqoyqatsi (coded signal)", "start_sec": 0.0, "end_sec": 3.0, "dur_s": 3.0 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "cd0bc5c8-a8ea-50d2-8904-e9b75ff96490", "source_title": "Growth of Cities", "source_year": null, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/growth-of-cities-17337d92?clip=cd0bc5c8-a8ea-50d2-8904-e9b75ff96490", "in_s": 0.2, "out_s": 4.8, "dur_s": 4.6, "phase": "REGIME I (KOYAANISQATSI) \u00b7 GROWING STREET NETWORK", "action": "Growth of Cities: Urban street grid expanding across the frame like an accelerated circuit", "nearmatch": "REGIME I: ACCELERATED GRID", "seg_idx": 2, "start_sec": 3.0, "end_sec": 7.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "cbcf2f77-7ad9-5310-a885-f04ffc63aadf", "source_title": "Apollo 11 - 30th Anniversary", "source_year": 1969, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/apollo-11-30th-anniversary?clip=cbcf2f77-7ad9-5310-a885-f04ffc63aadf", "in_s": 1.0, "out_s": 6.0, "dur_s": 5.0, "phase": "REGIME I-B (KOYAANISQATSI) \u00b7 APOLLO LAUNCH FLAME & SMOKE (1969)", "action": "Apollo 11 (1969): Ignition flame and smoke consuming the launch gantry \u2014 technological propulsion", "nearmatch": "REGIME I: INDUSTRIAL THRUST", "seg_idx": 3, "start_sec": 7.6, "end_sec": 12.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "135e3a64-1bed-5a94-b7db-c91968135bff", "source_title": "Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (Part II)", "source_year": 1950, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/twenty-four-hours-of-progress-part-ii-8aae7e31?clip=135e3a64-1bed-5a94-b7db-c91968135bff", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.5, "dur_s": 5.0, "phase": "REGIME II (POWAQQATSI) \u00b7 BOWED WORKER IN HARD HAT (1950)", "action": "Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (1950): Weight and effort carried directly in the posture of the human body", "nearmatch": "REGIME II: EMBODIED WEIGHT", "seg_idx": 4, "start_sec": 12.6, "end_sec": 17.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "3e715a85-7f0d-5329-8ec7-7779de3b270a", "source_title": "Men, Steel and Earthquakes", "source_year": 1960, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/men-steel-and-earthquakes-2e6103c5?clip=3e715a85-7f0d-5329-8ec7-7779de3b270a", "in_s": 3.0, "out_s": 8.0, "dur_s": 5.0, "phase": "REGIME II-B (POWAQQATSI) \u00b7 WORKERS AMID EXCAVATION RUBBLE (1960)", "action": "Men, Steel and Earthquakes (1960): Manual labor moving amidst heavy broken stone at unhurried human pace", "nearmatch": "REGIME II: MANUAL HAULAGE", "seg_idx": 5, "start_sec": 17.6, "end_sec": 22.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "6b7a3bcf-f109-5944-a0c6-43ba31fa5ff6", "source_title": "Logic By Machine (Part II)", "source_year": null, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/logic-by-machine-part-ii-a22d2554?clip=6b7a3bcf-f109-5944-a0c6-43ba31fa5ff6", "in_s": 1.0, "out_s": 6.0, "dur_s": 5.0, "phase": "REGIME III (NAQOYQATSI) \u00b7 PROFILE BESIDE THE LOGIC MACHINE", "action": "Logic By Machine: Human profile alongside an electronic computation panel \u2014 action translated into code", "nearmatch": "REGIME III: CODED ABSTRACTION", "seg_idx": 6, "start_sec": 22.6, "end_sec": 27.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "45680277-0c0e-5157-bd89-95471f4ac98d", "source_title": "Mastering Takeoffs and Landings", "source_year": 2009, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/mastering-takeoffs-and-landings-6fe06c6e?clip=45680277-0c0e-5157-bd89-95471f4ac98d", "in_s": 2.5, "out_s": 7.5, "dur_s": 5.0, "phase": "REGIME III-B (NAQOYQATSI) \u00b7 FACE LIT BY VIRTUAL BLUE SCREEN (2009)", "action": "Mastering Takeoffs and Landings (2009): A face illuminated solely by a synthetic simulation display", "nearmatch": "REGIME III: VIRTUAL SIGNAL", "seg_idx": 7, "start_sec": 27.6, "end_sec": 32.6 }, { "seg_idx": 8, "type": "closing_ledger", "title": "SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & BOUNDARY NOTE", "phase": "CLOSING LEDGER", "action": "Explicitly partitions the film into Regime I (Koyaanisqatsi), Regime II (Powaqqatsi), and Regime III (Naqoyqatsi) as required by the `works.json` Kinetic note.", "start_sec": 32.6, "end_sec": 36.1, "dur_s": 3.5 } ] }