>
> Jen and I have been working on the session we'll be hosting at
Vloggercon
> and if you've looked at it on the wiki or the website, you may have
noticed
> that it's changed or morphed a couple of times. So, with an interest in
> jumping into the disscussion ahead of time, this is the final
version of the
> session description:
>
> The Undiscovered Country
> "Videoblogging is a new medium of _expression_ just as oil painting,
film
> and jazz once were. It opens up a space where none existed before, and
> allows us to create all kinds of new possibilities for creative
_expression_
> and communication. What we do with that space - what possibilities
we invent
> - is up to us. There's been much talk, for example, of democratizing
media
> but democracy is not necessarily inherent to videoblogging, it's
just one of
> the many possibilities that we can create in the space that's opened up.
One of the phrases that has stuck with me is Steve Starr of Revver
saying that now "...is like 1908 in Hollywood" at the Transformation
Nation: New Leaders in Convergence Technology panel (
http://www.cirne.com/vlog/2006/05/02/sfiff-49-like-1980-in-hollywood-505/
or http://tinyurl.com/l2wym .) In 1908 filmmaking was in it's
infancy, people were making mostly one reel films, mostly emulating
theatre with a fixed camera and pantomine was the standard acting
form. In ten years that had completely changed with films mostly
being around 90 minutes long, the camera and framing changing and
emphasizing the story and acting moving toward more natural
_expression_. A certain form of Cinema emerged as appropriate to the
medium. Other forms continued to exist and develop as a alternative,
but not the standard.
I think there is a certain form that technology standardizes on
whether it's printed book as novel, comic book, etc. Recorded music
as records, live broadcast, etc. Video through centralized broadcast,
distributed networks, etc. We're dealing with video and more --
probably the term rich media is more appropriate -- on distributed
networks. I see this media will settle into certain major forms with
alternatives in it's nature of development with society.
-- Enric
>
> With so much undiscovered country before us, where do we start? What
is it
> that we want to do? This session will take a look at videoblogging
and some
> of the explorers who are already out there inventing this new
medium, and
> then open up a conversation for further travel."
>
> We were thinking that in order to get more than people's initial gut
> reactions we could start by asking those interested a few questions
that we
> could all ponder and discuss over the next week. Basically we're
interested
> in talking about people, projects and tools that are out there exploring
> this area that is more than just video distribution via blogs.
>
> So who/what is out there playing/exploring/inventing/taking risks with:
> 1. Content - what you say
> 2. Form - how you say it
> 3. Process - how you make it
> 4. Money - how you pay for it
> 5. Audience - the people with whom you converse/collaborate/co-author
> 6. Tools - the hardware, software, services that make this possible
>
> So who/what fills this bill? In what area(s) are they pushing the
envelope?
> Please don't use this as an excuse to talk about your own work or
project.
> We want to talk about what/who is inspiring or informing your work or
> project. For example, Kent Bye is developing a new way for people to
> collaborate as part of his Echo Chamber Project. Rather than talk
about what
> a cool guy Kent is, let's talk about how this tool opens up new
> possibilities and what are some other ways people might use this
tool. Or
> another example is Erik Nelson's Carp Caviar project. For six months
he's
> been exploring and content, form, process and his relationship to his
> audience. How can I learn from what he's done and incorporate it
with the
> machinima videobloggers in Second Life? I could go on but the point
is to
> open this up. A number of people have emailed me about participating
in this
> session - we'll, here's how everyone can.
>
> BTW, in case you were wondering, yes, "The Undiscovered Country" is
a phrase
> from Hamlet's To be or not to be soliloquy and yes, I'm quoting Star
Trek
> quoting Shakespeare.
>
> -Verdi
>
> --
> Author of the book Secrets Of Videoblogging
> Me --> http://michaelverdi.com
> Learn to videoblog --> http://freevlog.org
> I'm Going To Vloggercon, June 10 & 11 --> http://vloggercon.com
>
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