Straying a bit from these ideas of putty-cameras and five things at once,
We're coming to a place in computer graphics where we can film anyone and put them anywhere with anything doing anything we want. It's up to our imaginations. And so, like so many have implied, it's the way, not the means, where creativity and entertainment potential is held. So where is the story coming from? I don't know what format will be popular in twenty years, if it will continue to be the two-hour epic, or if everyone will be reduced to a 5-second attention-span limit, with some kind of internet playlist with all the latest daily clips, each worth a laugh and five seconds of your time. What I do know, is people will still be producing these things.
I've been noticing more and more improv-based sketch comedy shows, and I really love those, being an improvisor myself. Improvisation takes writing out of the picture, and gives each actor the role of "writer" for the character they're depicting. It's a great way to keep everyone consistent with their character goals, etc. But the problem with improvisation, is unless your scene is themed (like the new Comedy Central show Reno 911) costumes or props are left entirely to the imagination, like the case in many live improvisational acts like ComedySportz, where all props and environments are suggested and mimed.
With technology capable of digitizing people and putting them anywhere doing anything, having a strong team of improvisors acting out an epic on the spot becomes more than a performance for one night- When captured into a reverse-rendering computer like used in the MR, you could give any improvised story all of the scenery, props, locations, even character appearances and final editing that would be neccessary to turn a real-time brainstorming session into a major motion picture.
If this became commonplace and expected ability from an actor/writer/story-former, movies would be filmable real-time, and the post-production team would fill in all of the specific camera shots, costumes, aesthetics, and whatnot, movies could be made in less time than ever!
When this kind of software becomes commonplace, no longer will the big movie be in the hands of big industry- with anyone able to make anything, the popular Idea will be the only element powerful enough to actually sell a movie.
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Straying a bit from these ideas of putty-cameras and five things at once,
We're coming to a place in computer graphics where we can film anyone and put them anywhere with anything doing anything we want. It's up to our imaginations. And so, like so many have implied, it's the way, not the means, where creativity and entertainment potential is held. So where is the story coming from? I don't know what format will be popular in twenty years, if it will continue to be the two-hour epic, or if everyone will be reduced to a 5-second attention-span limit, with some kind of internet playlist with all the latest daily clips, each worth a laugh and five seconds of your time. What I do know, is people will still be producing these things.
I've been noticing more and more improv-based sketch comedy shows, and I really love those, being an improvisor myself. Improvisation takes writing out of the picture, and gives each actor the role of "writer" for the character they're depicting. It's a great way to keep everyone consistent with their character goals, etc. But the problem with improvisation, is unless your scene is themed (like the new Comedy Central show Reno 911) costumes or props are left entirely to the imagination, like the case in many live improvisational acts like ComedySportz, where all props and environments are suggested and mimed.
With technology capable of digitizing people and putting them anywhere doing anything, having a strong team of improvisors acting out an epic on the spot becomes more than a performance for one night- When captured into a reverse-rendering computer like used in the MR, you could give any improvised story all of the scenery, props, locations, even character appearances and final editing that would be neccessary to turn a real-time brainstorming session into a major motion picture.
If this became commonplace and expected ability from an actor/writer/story-former, movies would be filmable real-time, and the post-production team would fill in all of the specific camera shots, costumes, aesthetics, and whatnot, movies could be made in less time than ever!
When this kind of software becomes commonplace, no longer will the big movie be in the hands of big industry- with anyone able to make anything, the popular Idea will be the only element powerful enough to actually sell a movie.
I want one now.