Comments on: When is a film not a film? http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/2010/03/when-is-a-film-not-a-film/ Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Zack Luye http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/2010/03/when-is-a-film-not-a-film/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Zack Luye Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:16:27 +0000 http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/?p=501#comment-59 I feel the same. It comes down to the content, now. Think of it like we do the music industry. Legitimate sounding music production was hard to pull off at a certain time. It has evolved into applications like garageband and audacity bridging that gap and allowing "normal people" to produce great sounding mixes without any sort of recording studio screening them away. This means that, not only good musicians with less resources, but bad musicians can only record their own music. The result is that the field is now crowded with content. The great thing, we can choose to play whatever we like. Like Phil said, it's not really up to the camera for me anymore. Who doesn't shoot on a dslr? If your content is good, people will find it. I feel the same. It comes down to the content, now. Think of it like we do the music industry. Legitimate sounding music production was hard to pull off at a certain time. It has evolved into applications like garageband and audacity bridging that gap and allowing “normal people” to produce great sounding mixes without any sort of recording studio screening them away.

This means that, not only good musicians with less resources, but bad musicians can only record their own music.

The result is that the field is now crowded with content. The great thing, we can choose to play whatever we like. Like Phil said, it’s not really up to the camera for me anymore. Who doesn’t shoot on a dslr? If your content is good, people will find it.

]]> By: Phil Jackson http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/2010/03/when-is-a-film-not-a-film/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Phil Jackson Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:54:12 +0000 http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/?p=501#comment-57 It really is all about the story/content of the video. I've stopped looking at what camera a video has been shot on simply because it really doesn't matter to me anymore. If the video they produce is good, I'll watch it and spread it around. If it's bad I'll move on. But it's so very easy to get caught up in all of the "test" type films. The majority of these tests films tell you nothing anyway. It really is all about the story/content of the video. I’ve stopped looking at what camera a video has been shot on simply because it really doesn’t matter to me anymore. If the video they produce is good, I’ll watch it and spread it around. If it’s bad I’ll move on.

But it’s so very easy to get caught up in all of the “test” type films. The majority of these tests films tell you nothing anyway.

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