JJ Abrams TED talk: The Mystery Box = Infinite Possibility, and you have a voice now too.
Favorite quote: "The creation of stuff is democritized... Go make your movie. There's nothing stopping you from going out there and getting the technology. You can lease, rent, buy stuff off the shelf just as good as the stuff that's used by the [pros]." There's something to this that I think is incredibly powerful. You see super high-quality RED cameras on the scene (see awesome posterous user MrVix), and Final Cut Pro (Sachin used to work on it!) and the technology gets cheaper and better. And that means that there should be a far greater diversity in voices, especially in movies. And a lot more dreams being realized... and hopefully a lot more mystery boxes too. Hat tip Brad
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Sep 13, 2008
Matt Agnello said...
Reds are still way out of some people's price range, and I know plenty of older DPs who will scoff at some rich kid going out and getting a Red and thinking he's going to get great pictures out of it. There's still a lot of skill and artistry involved in learning the tools that only time can hone. The great thing about new technology lowering the barrier to entry is that people can start the learning process earlier, so the gap between the old DPs and the young ones will get smaller and smaller as time goes on.
Sep 13, 2008
Garry Tan said...
True that. There still is and always will be an artistry that comes with time and mastery... but now more people can attain it. Kind of like what has happened with digital photography... you can buy a nice camera but still take garbage photos. But the absolute number of good photographers have risen, and while that can cause some problems, it's great overall for culture.
Sep 19, 2008
bradley + seri = sadley? beri? said...
thanks for posting the video. thumbs up, garry. (huge jj abrams fan)
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