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    Om Malik and iTV

    Something I think interesting with the iTV story is: as the video on the web wave turns into a tsunami, there has been a lot of talk about how it  (web video) is a new and different 'art' form. There was going to be (and I think is developing) a different sort of thing that play well on a computer screen in a little window...3 hours of Lord of the Rings in a 320 X 240 window? No thanks. Lonelygirl15 at 320 X 240 for 3 minutes? Looks good. But conversely, lonelygirl, or karate-chopping monkeys, will not look appropriate on my big ole Sony TV screen. And not just because of resolution...it's because, conceptually, the two things (LOTR and lonleygilr) are completely different. Shot and framed differently for one thing. Prodution values don't matter at 320 X 240 (or thereabouts) Intimacy value does, and interestingly, conceptual value matters. If it's a good concept, that fits the constraints of the medium of web video, it renders production values obsolete. So...if everything video gets ported to the iTV, will people start to conflate web video with say, Desperate Housewives and say "gee, this web video looks like crap...why does that persons head fill up the whole screen?"

    And the video market turns back into a market that can only be served by big media companies that can afford the glossy production, and the intimacy of the new web video is lost, and that whole new paradigm of web-only video goes away, as iTV, rather than leveling the playing field, stacks it more in favor of big money, as the computer turns into just a delivery mechanism in a chain, as opposed to a different viewing experience.

    September 13, 2006 in Film, Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

    Jon Stewart and Blogs

    Jon Stewart does it again.

    February 19, 2005 in Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

    Jon Stewart on Crossfire

    Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire. It's not often that a showbiz celebrity drops the mask of clubby conviviality and says exactly what he/she thinks. When that happens it's usually followed by a stint in rehab by the unstrung celebrity, who spoke honestly only because they couldn't keep the mask in place. It's actually a good career move for Stewart, (albeit a natural and unconscious one) as it reinforces the impression that the only one who is telling the truth in media is the guy that is making it all up. The Genuine Fake. Expect to see more "Fake is the new real" instances popping up on the cultural radar.

    October 17, 2004 in Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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