Don't hate the video hate the videographer
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 4:23PM title: One last thing...
I'm not knocking the new breed of video camera. I think they're incredible. I can't afford them. If you can afford a better tool and it will do the job use it. Buy it. I probably don't have to tell you this but any lens stopped down will give you a greater depth of field. Deep focus photography can look amazing too. Citizen Kane.. anyone? Bueller...Bueller...
Those web clips are predominantly experimental and artsy. We're just pushing these little cameras to see what they can do. We can always throttle back by closing up the iris. Anyway.. I just appreciate the fact that these new tools are available and afforable.
Hell Phillip Bloom practically has his own genre of film like von trier and his Dogme95. Philips would be no dialogue, cropped to fake 2:35, every shot has a rack focus or shallow dof, trance chill spiritual music, must use latest gadgetry track slider, and must be served on Vimeo. LOL. I'm more of a dialogue screenplay guy anyway. But I love those little videos Phillip is doing. I thought of a perfect outlet for them. All of those plasmas at restaurants that show network TV should instead have those Bloomers on. I think they are very artistic but I wouldn't want to watch a feature movie like that. No way!

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