Small Scenes.

Video deconstructions from "Broadchurch," "Breaking Bad" and "Mr. Robot." A discussion of active vs. passive viewing. A free post.

I’m not sure how long I had been teaching two classes in Visual Studios at an art college when a friend asked for an example of what I was doing and I chose to tell him about a bedrock notion in the course — active vs. passive viewing.

With college students watching so much on their phones and doing five things at once, I explained, just getting them to…