Comments on: Screens, Screens, Screens

By: HOLLYN-wood (Norman, that is) » Cell phone bills and media makers

HOLLYN-wood (Norman, that is) » Cell phone bills and media makers — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:19:49 +0000

[...] me, this is great news for those of us who make media. As I told a class today, for those of us who love the idea of making media for screens above and beyond the television and the Big Silver, we’ve got a great expanse of wild and wooliness out [...]

By: HOLLYN-wood (Norman, that is) » Why Kvetching About Small Screens Makes You Look Stupid

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:14:44 +0000

[...] I’ve said it before, now I’ll rephrase it. “It’s all about the screens baby.” There are many different types of content. Why shouldn’t there be many different ways to absorb it? [...]

By: Theatrical-Release Feature-Film is Irrelevent… « IFSS Production

Theatrical-Release Feature-Film is Irrelevent… « IFSS Production — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:43:56 +0000

[...] contributor to Film Industry Bloggers has many times explored this idea. And this article called Screens Screens Screens puts an articulate and forceful motivation on the bigger picture of [...]

By: Frank Reynolds

Frank Reynolds — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:39:32 +0000

It’s interesting, I first noticed TV screens in gas stations in Cape Town, South Africa, when I was working there about five years ago. In fact, the film I was working on there, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, actually has a scene in it where poor people from the townships actually go to the gas station to watch the TV screen there as their entertainment! The content there was mostly commercials (which weren’t bad) and some African music videos.

I’m a New Yorker and don’t own a car, so the appearance of screens at gas stations here in the US passed me by.

By: Norman

Norman — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:44:22 +0000

EXACTLY right. There is so much content which is so much better than what I’m seeing. Much of this content has to work without sound — gas stations are so noisy — but that makes it even MORE important to have interesting visual content.

By: The Editor

The Editor — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:39:29 +0000

Thanks for the comment. I’m flattered someone who actually teaches editing would read my simple thoughts.

Speaking of places for content – I was watching a band play two weekends ago and they had a ‘video collage’ going behind them. It was pretty trippy. A combination of crazy Japanese TV and music videos cut together at rapid pace. If you just need something for people to look at when they’re waiting in line, why not that? Heck, why not something really beautiful like Baraka or Koyaanisqatsi? I’d rather hear some Phillip Glass and see beautiful vistas while I pump gas then listen to a news anchor blather.