MIT Media In Transition 7 Conference
It's the MIT Media in Transition 7 Conference this weekend, and it's been an interesting experience. I've been to two sessions so far, and while they've been provocative, perhaps the most intriguing thing about them is that they keep turning out to be about things other than what I thought they would be about! Digital Film Production Aymar Jean Christian , Promise and Problems: Independent Production in Periods of Change This talk was about producing and distributing content as web series through YouTube and other services. Daniel Faltesek , Film, Video, Metadata: Time-Axis Manipulation After the Linear Medium A discussion of the history of NLE's and how they have impacted the production of television and movies. Kim Knowles , Analog Obsolescence and the ‘Death of Cinema’ Debate: The Case of Experimental Film A plea for keeping analog (film) as a production medium. I must admit that I wasn't sympathetic to the argument because it seemed to just be an ...