Probably misunderstanding as I was lazy in not explaining completely. RB is innovative in format, content, production...etc. But there is a subtlety and depth to that innovation - you write with the medium and it never seems the other way round. I didn't really mean 'follows' in terms of your intent. Having watched the show from the very early days I know that this has never been your modus operandi. I would still suggest that the shows potential lies in the fact that the format plays on/off a mode that most viewers will recognize and feel comfortable with - so my interpretation is not that you pander to some normative standard but that the viewer will most likely adopt a format that they feel some familiarity with, and perhaps this also evokes a kind of confidence in the RB voice as well. The fact that RB play so intelligently off that format is (in my opinion) what makes it work so well....it marks video blogging as a departure from the normative..
I hope this makes sense as I really did not intend to diss the RB team. I've RB in both writing and production classes and see it as an important innovator in the 'field'.....this seems like a paradox but I don't think it is.. On 13/10/05 12:32 AM, "andrew michael baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Mat Wall-Smith wrote: > >> Rocketboom . . . follows the 'theory of minimum innovation'- > > I could easily be offended by this part but maybe you don't > understand what we have been up to or maybe I am misunderstanding > your angle. Either way, no biggie, just couldn't let that one slip > by. Even if you would argue that we are not innovative, as a matter > of fact we are not following a theory of minimum innovation. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
