I'm probably the last person on Earth to have this thought.
So it's a lazy Sunday afternoon. While I'm waiting for the fridge to defrost I'm watching/listening to the Andrew Marr show and browsing the internet. I find I keep pausing the hour long TV program with pictures of the people talking to watch short videos people have linked to, the latest is this:
(talking starts at 1:50 for those who don't love motorcycle display teams)
The thing is, I watched that. It was interesting, short enough not to bore me and used graphics in a compelling manner which added to the point of the subject matter.
It also got me thinking about the nature of stuff I watch on the internet. I don't watch a lot on the TV these days, it's either a specific program (eg: Doctor Who, Question Time) or a random thing I flicked on because I want to lounge back on the sofa and be entertained (mostly a 50:50 mix of 24 hour news and whatever's on Dave). But when I watch something on the internet it's usually 5-10 minutes long, makes a specific point or covers a specific subject and uses a mixture of graphics and continuous narration throughout to make the point, it's not something you can listen to.
Games Journalism:
Politics:
And scetch-comedy:
(Ok, this might actually reveal that I tend to read the Escapist more than is healthy, but bear with me on this one...)
I'd have put Blinky™ in here too but I can't find a working link to it. It's a 10 minute film with professional quality production values which tells it's story very, very well.
In that manner the things I'm watching on the internet have more in common with early cinema shorts such as the one above or Jom and Jerry cartoons rather than the contemporary 45 minute TV programs or films.
There's not a huge point to this, it's more an observation rather than anything else, a pondering if we're starting to see the re-emergence of the short film or presentation as a popular form of art and if so how far this will continue.
Click to view(talking starts at 1:50 for those who don't love motorcycle display teams)
The thing is, I watched that. It was interesting, short enough not to bore me and used graphics in a compelling manner which added to the point of the subject matter.
It also got me thinking about the nature of stuff I watch on the internet. I don't watch a lot on the TV these days, it's either a specific program (eg: Doctor Who, Question Time) or a random thing I flicked on because I want to lounge back on the sofa and be entertained (mostly a 50:50 mix of 24 hour news and whatever's on Dave). But when I watch something on the internet it's usually 5-10 minutes long, makes a specific point or covers a specific subject and uses a mixture of graphics and continuous narration throughout to make the point, it's not something you can listen to.
Games Journalism:
Politics:
And scetch-comedy:
(Ok, this might actually reveal that I tend to read the Escapist more than is healthy, but bear with me on this one...)
I'd have put Blinky™ in here too but I can't find a working link to it. It's a 10 minute film with professional quality production values which tells it's story very, very well.
In that manner the things I'm watching on the internet have more in common with early cinema shorts such as the one above or Jom and Jerry cartoons rather than the contemporary 45 minute TV programs or films.
There's not a huge point to this, it's more an observation rather than anything else, a pondering if we're starting to see the re-emergence of the short film or presentation as a popular form of art and if so how far this will continue.