Not something you’ll be seeing on TV. Which is a damn shame. But once again the genius of the individual “fan” content creator comes flying across our computer screens:
Category: Peer Production
Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie
Chapter 80 Disruption
by Leesa Dean
The conception of disruption with regards to the internet is relatively new. What it means is, something, let’s say broadcast television exists and something else, let’s say, streaming digital media, comes in and replaces it as a preferred mode of viewing.
There’s been a lot of talk about disruption lately, mainly because of the huge game-changing news that both HBO and CBS will have independent streaming models in 2015. Meaning, if you’re a huge Game of Thrones fanatic and subscribe to HBO in a cable tv package from a provider, you no longer will need the cable tv package. It’s a cord-cutters delight.
Michael Wolff has a different take on it. Wolff is a long-time writer about tech and media and even had one of the first start-ups years ago and wrote about it in a pretty juicy book. Wolff says that versus the internet disrupting TV, TV is really disrupting the internet.
Peer Production: Death of the Firstborn Egyptians
One of the most important things about interweb video is that when you do something independently, which is what peer production is all about, you don’t have to answer to anyone’s taste but your own. Oh, sure, it’s good to collaborate and work with a team you love, but when you’re working for love nobody should be able to force anything down anybody else’s throat.
What brings this to our TVWriter™ hive mind is the following video by Nina Paley. Which is, simply – stunning visual art:
Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie
Chapter 79 – YouTube News! I’m Excited!
by Leesa Dean
Wow. So YouTube finally is close to opening their brand new New York studios and I am officially excited.
The production facilities are supposed to be much bigger/better than the previous ones. Before, there were two small green screen studios and, truthfully, I took a few classes in those studios and they were big enough for my purposes. In fact, I thought they were great. I’m hearing the stages in the new place will be bigger, including three enclosed sound stages (!!) and state-of-the-art post facilities. Just. Wow.
Peer Production: BAG MAN is Crazy Powerful
Real drama. Real impact. In less than 15 minutes. Not a moment of self-indulgence. Awesome film making is all: