Re: [-empyre-] Re: some questions about vogs

[Adrian Miles <adrian.miles@uib.no>]

At 19:35 -0300 20/6/02, Nemo Nox wrote:
> You can blog for free (Blogger, for example) and
> without any html knowledge. But there is more. When
> I mentioned a learning curve I was also thinking
> about the language itself. Most people are ready to
> start writing a weblog (even badly) because it is
> exactly that: writing. But to work with images a
> different language is needed and the visual grammar
> is not as intuitive to the masses as writing. Not
> many untrained people can create a meaningful visual
> narrative.

yes, you're right. i think one of the audiences/communities i have in 
mind is the 'flash' community. cost and learning curve hasn't 
deterred there. and in design/new media it's hard to find a 
university level program that does not teach flash. try and find a 
program anywhere that teaches interactive quicktime. i've found one 
so far, in denmark. yet how many 'film' people have i met who think 
flash is the only way do go 'interactive'.

the best work in interactive quicktime uses flash for graphics and 
text and sometimes some button stuff, and then imports that into 
quicktime and does the bulk of the scripting in quicktime. but when i 
show film people examples of what you can do they're gobsmacked (if 
that translates). when i show flash developers what you can do ditto. 
so i sort of am left wondering what if all those kids learning how to 
do flash knew they could achieve the same sort of party tricks using 
video. what sort of work would we get? and what could cinema become?

cheers
adrian miles
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