Becoming Screen Literate
December 2, 2008
mzartzy
Tags: movies, screen literate
I loved this article Dr. Martens shared with us. This so interesting to me. I guess it comes from my background in graphic design, but my brain is buzzing with thoughts of what the future will bring when it comes to “movies.” As he points out screens showing us movie clips, etc. are everywhere. Which makes me wonder, are we to the point where we have become accustomed to this constant barage of “movies”? Will we become numb and miss something of quality because it is just another “movie”? Of course I also have thoughts of a different variety. Will having access to tools to make “movies” find more gems in rough? Will this new up-and-coming movie makers bring about a new revolution in not only the process of how a movie is made, but also the final product? Sorry to ramble on, I just found this to be very thought provoking. What did you think?
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Katey L | December 3, 2008 at 9:59 pm
“With our fingers we will drag objects out of films and cast them in our own movies. A click of our phone camera will capture a landscape, then display its history, which we can use to annotate the image. Text, sound, motion will continue to merge into a single intermedia as they flow through the always-on network. With the assistance of screen fluency tools we might even be able to summon up realistic fantasies spontaneously. Standing before a screen, we could create the visual image of a turquoise rose, glistening with dew, poised in a trim ruby vase, as fast as we could write these words. If we were truly screen literate, maybe even faster. And that is just the opening scene,” (Kelly 5).
This quote from the article reminds me precisely of the technology in “Otherland: City of Golden Shadow” by Tad Williams. I also believe that technology is driving us toward a visually driven future that ultimately ends with 3D virtual reality.