Friday, April 27, 2007

Overload

So, no photos because I seem incapable of carrying the right cables around with me, or else this may be some kind of gap in the fabric of the universe (another one) which doesn't allow three things to exist in the same place at the same time (no, four, as of course I myself am included in this experiment) - camera, computer, cable and author. You can have any three.
Days of conferences and encounters, mostly with fellow filmmakers, distributors, authorities on media... I keep joining conversations with very nice people, and at the end I ask why they are here... it's nearly always a competition judge, so i am forced to take back the drinks I have offered them, retract all the nice comments and stop stroking their arms. One must not try to influence the judges, eh? Well, we can all go and get kaylayed after the ceremony.
Some tetchy comments on new media, finally a young fellow called Grant Bremner (no relation to Rory or Billy I presume) stated the obvious: interactive does not mean choosing or selecting times, or swapping device (TV, puter, mobile phone) it means VIEWER'S BECOME AUTHORS. he runs BBC Archive project and is slowly (as an experiment) making all of the BBC archives available for download and modification... or as he sloganised it: rip, mix and share. Bloody BBC, just when you think it's over!

OK this is all a bit on-topic and serious, so here's a Polish joke:

'What would you do if you had all the time in the world?'
"I'd sit and think"
OK, what would you do if you didn't have time?'
"I'd just sit".

Good night.

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