--- In [email protected], "Michael Verdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 6/3/06, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
>
>
> Okay. I agree with that. And what I want to do is talk about some of the
> work that's being done now that may (or may not) shape what things
look like
> in a couple of years.

That's a very interesting question.

>So what is Steve Starr doing with Revver? Is that
> pushing the envelope? Does it create new possiblilites for you and I in
> terms of videoblogging? If so, how?
>

Steve Starr as founder and CEO of Revver has a financial system where
an ad of the choice of the video owner's is placed at the end of their
video.  This video remains the ownership of the creator and can be
accessed outside of Revver.  If I recall correctly, the ad profits are
split 50%.  Here's an example I like on the Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to
Make Nice" video:

http://revver.com/video/25766/11749

  -- Enric
  -======-
  http://www.cirne.com
  http://www.cinegage.com

> Quickly I could say: Enric has developed this way of embeding video
directly
> into a web page that is 1. easy to use and 2. helps to make the
video more
> compatible with various browsers. This allows for videoblogging to
be more
> "viewer-friendly" and hopfully is one of pieces of technology that
will help
> make videoblogging more widespread. To me that opens up the
possiblility of
> more people particpating which means more voices and more collaboration.
> Also what effect does having the video play in web page have vs. in
a pop-up
> window or with that thickbox effect? Are things that I can do with one
> approach that I can't do with another?
>
> These are the things we want to talk about.
>
> -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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