Comments on: The Disintermediation of Film Making http://dcinput.com/2006/11/20/the-disintermediation-of-film-making/ Digital cinema, documentary making and the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Fri 8th Dec, 2006 http://dcinput.com/2006/11/20/the-disintermediation-of-film-making/#comment-13065 dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Fri 8th Dec, 2006 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:47:16 +0000 http://dcinput.com/2006/11/20/the-disintermediation-of-film-making/#comment-13065 [...] I picked this quote from Susan Buice because it made my laugh. It’s part of an interview she did with Arin Crumbley with whom she runs Four Eyed Monsters. Go read the interview and pay attention to these guys because they are doing interesting things. Arin is responsible for the Open Source Documentary about Net Neutrality that I wrote about a while back. That piece of work and a few other things that were happening to me at the time all converged together helping me to form new ideas about film making, documentary making and more generally how the web is turning things on their head. Ultimately it lead to my mini-essay on the disintermediation of film making. Now while I think and talk about these things Arin and Susan are out there actually doing cool stuff. I think you should pay them some attention and others do to. [...] […] I picked this quote from Susan Buice because it made my laugh. It’s part of an interview she did with Arin Crumbley with whom she runs Four Eyed Monsters. Go read the interview and pay attention to these guys because they are doing interesting things. Arin is responsible for the Open Source Documentary about Net Neutrality that I wrote about a while back. That piece of work and a few other things that were happening to me at the time all converged together helping me to form new ideas about film making, documentary making and more generally how the web is turning things on their head. Ultimately it lead to my mini-essay on the disintermediation of film making. Now while I think and talk about these things Arin and Susan are out there actually doing cool stuff. I think you should pay them some attention and others do to. […]

]]> By: Steve Lovelace http://dcinput.com/2006/11/20/the-disintermediation-of-film-making/#comment-22688 Steve Lovelace Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:13:02 +0000 http://dcinput.com/2006/11/20/the-disintermediation-of-film-making/#comment-22688 Great reading... and good observations. You're right about the notion of how future CEOs will be filmmakers. It's not such a weird idea., and not just for CEOs telling their company story, but *anyone* wanting to tell their own story. It's all about good personal branding in today's Web 2.0 world. Although many people may not be suited for video blogging - in that the delivery process of speaking in front of the camera is a vastly different process from that of writing - it is arguably a similar concept. But raw, unedited video blogging - as a "diary" form - is akin to a stream-of-conscience written monolog. Rarely do people publish a blog post without any editing at all, because rarely do the words flow perfectly the first time. The same is likely the case with video blogging; how many can "nail it" the first time? But this is off the point. There are currently resources popping up for posting/hosting video-based resume support, and I'm all in favor of this concept. After all, it's human beings who are behind those resumes, and human beings - not resumes - who wind up working with a company. A complementary video accompanying a text-based resume allows a potential employer to see more about who they really are, and allows employees to show more than what their resume will convey. The video can make their story richer. Of course, as we are currently in an employee-driven market, employers *also* need to put on the proverbial suit and tie, and dress to impress. Employers are being interviewed as much as the employees, in this day and age. So a compelling story about the employer also needs telling, and one of the best ways can be video. --Steve Lovelace http://www.buildabetterbox.com http://www.movingpix.com Great reading… and good observations.

You’re right about the notion of how future CEOs will be filmmakers. It’s not such a weird idea., and not just for CEOs telling their company story, but *anyone* wanting to tell their own story. It’s all about good personal branding in today’s Web 2.0 world.

Although many people may not be suited for video blogging - in that the delivery process of speaking in front of the camera is a vastly different process from that of writing - it is arguably a similar concept. But raw, unedited video blogging - as a “diary” form - is akin to a stream-of-conscience written monolog. Rarely do people publish a blog post without any editing at all, because rarely do the words flow perfectly the first time. The same is likely the case with video blogging; how many can “nail it” the first time? But this is off the point.

There are currently resources popping up for posting/hosting video-based resume support, and I’m all in favor of this concept. After all, it’s human beings who are behind those resumes, and human beings - not resumes - who wind up working with a company. A complementary video accompanying a text-based resume allows a potential employer to see more about who they really are, and allows employees to show more than what their resume will convey. The video can make their story richer.

Of course, as we are currently in an employee-driven market, employers *also* need to put on the proverbial suit and tie, and dress to impress. Employers are being interviewed as much as the employees, in this day and age. So a compelling story about the employer also needs telling, and one of the best ways can be video.

–Steve Lovelace

http://www.buildabetterbox.com
http://www.movingpix.com

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