We Should Think About This More

In film school there is a bias towards shooting film because of the "look," and the aura and the connection to the past. I can respect that. But at the same time, I think it is stupid and expensive and rooted partially in fear of what others will think rather than any true aesthetic sentiment. If film school cinematographers spent their time developing creative ways to light and shoot digitally, they would be on the cutting edge of technology and in demand right out of film school to work on digital projects. Instead, USC teaches us how to light scenes on huge stages so we can hopefully get a union gig as a best boy electric on Miss Congeniality 3.

Here is an article on what Hollywood fears - filmmakers making movies without permission and without restraint that might be awesome. As students, we can be on the cutting edge of this because we study filmmaking. We will make better movies by becoming experts on the medium, on the history, on the language. We won't become experts by turning in precise daily production reports.

I'm not going to argue that blogs are revolutionizing media...but five years ago no one considered the possibility of weblogs even pecking away at the massive power of big media. Now I hear a cacophony of voices challenging big media each and every day for content and most importantly EXPERTISE.

The revolution won't be televised...it'll be on the internet.