Oh, man. You make me sound like such an elitist! I have a lot of interns from high schools and colleges and we *take* them to the theaters. It makes such a big difference in their lives. And I'm not blaming media specialists, I'm blaming the professors who value convenience over quality. There are professors with students at the classics festivals I attend.
I actually have GRASS on my Iphone that I show people the real quality you can get on a 2" screen. But I wouldn't teach it that way... The trenches are everywhere! Dennis On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 98%??? Wow! My wife and daughter agree with me about 5% of the time, so > I must be doing OK. > > I think that in future discussions we need to get some things straight, > lest we endlessly hash over... > > I am a fervent (if not fervid)fan, supporter, and consumer of beautiful > film images. I agree that, given the choice, students (and everyone else) > would opt for big, luscious screen images over tiny, pixelated, digital > images any day of the week. On the other hand, it's my experience that > they'll consume whatever is closest at hand and easiest to access, > regardless of aesthetics. > > When I say the stuff I said earlier, I'm talking from the trenches, Dennis > (not the film festival circuits)...which means, I'm talking cinematic > expediencies--getting the image out and used. In most > library/institutional settings, this often means forgoing beauty in favor > of ready access. > > Gary > > > > > > >> > >> By the way, in my experience, students don't really give a two-penny > >> damn > >> about image quality, in most instances. These are folks (like my > >> daughter) who will watch a 90 minute feature film on their iPhones. The > >> bigger issue for this crew is ready access at all times. > >> > >> I usually agree with everything you say about 98% of the time and then > >> you > > say something I just have to respond to. Yes, it's true that MOST people > > don't realize it or care when they're watching badly-done video, but that > > doesn't mean that they don't get a whole lot more when the image is big > > and > > gorgeous. There is a physical almost spiritual reaction when you see a > > great > > film on a big screen or an original work of art hanging on the wall. (We > > had > > both experiences this month and I'm off to Le Giornate del Cinema Muto so > > I'm very happy.) > > > > And I know that most of AV work is dealing with educational films that > can > > (but not always) have a different emphasis on quality of information over > > beauty of visuals and classrooms that are definitely not the Castro, but > > one > > reason the experience of watching films and videos is so devalued by > > people > > is that they haven't experienced seeing a Terrence Malick film on a giant > > screen. > > > > We sent a 35mm print of one of our favorite releases to a theater in > > Minneapolis that's showing it in a couple weeks. Four of the young > theater > > workers put the film up the very day it arrived to watch it because they > > couldn't wait to see it on the big screen. > > > > -- > > Best, > > Dennis Doros > > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > > PO Box 128 > > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > > Phone: 201-767-3117 > > Fax: 201-767-3035 > > email: [email protected] > > www.milestonefilms.com > > www.ontheboweryfilm.com > > www.arayafilm.com > > www.exilesfilm.com > > www.wordisoutmovie.com > > www.killerofsheep.com > > AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org > > Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel > of > > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > > producers and distributors. > > > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > [email protected] > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected] www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook!
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