Week 4 tute task

1.Where and when did usable online video start? (provide some refs. and an example if possible)
Only in 2004! It seems like its been around for ages. It mainly started because of broadband and the ability to watch and stream video's a whole last faster and clearer.
'this perfect storm would not occur until nearly the end of the election and 2004 can be seen as the end of flash animations and the begging of online video. It was really this year, in 2004, that online video would be born.'
http://dembot.com/post/310798115/a-decade-in-history-of-online-video

2.In the lecture we heard about technological innovations that were used by the studios to lure audiences. (mostly to combat the popularity of TV)
What recent innovations are being used to lure us in the movies?
What are they luring us from?
-Movies in 3D are very popular these days cause they cant be screened from home in 3D.
-Gold class cinemas, viewing a movie in big comfortable chairs with a super hugee screen.
-Newest movies that aren't available online yet, some people may want to see a movie as it comes out. Inception is a good example of that, people are going to the cinemas to see it purely because if they haven't they feel left out of discussions about how good it is.
-the social aspect of it. A place to meet friends and get dressed up.
-The tradition of movies, popcorn etc..
They are luring us from the free videos available online. They are lurring us from the comfort of our home, our fancy new dvd players, the cheap tuesday video rentals.

3.Are short films still being made? Why? Who pays for them to be made?
Of course short films are still being made! They are alot cheaper, can be used as a proposition to create a film of something.
'plot - in the sense of a telling of a story with a beginning, middle and end - ceases to be dominant - the essence of short story is to portray the individual moment, scene, or person in isolation from the outside stream of life -'
'presents life as fragmented - a slice of life ' It is more narrowed to a specific event or person.
http://www.sfu.ca/english/Gillies/engl207/shortsto.htm
The idea of short stories began thousands of years ago as a form of entertainment, the tradition of them is still very much appreciated. I enjoy them because they are short. There's a short amount of space to create emotion and an impact on the audience. For this reason i believe they are sometimes better because more effort has been put into a shorter space of time. The grudge was first a short story that was then produced into a movie. Many short stories are made by students that are proposing an idea or creating a short film for experience.
upcoming directors may only be able to afford to create a short story. Film production companies may pay for short stories to be made for adverts/commercials/billboards.

4.The term viral is thrown about adhoc but what does it mean in film/movie arena? Give some examples.
Viral basically refers to a virus- something that replicates. In film terms this would be asscoiated with duplicating files of films. Streaming videos online, downloading movies for free instead of buying them, limewire used to share and swap files with another people online. In this way the number of viewers for a certain film is uncountable. It is like a virus duplicating over and over again spreading information that is- in a sense- 'stolen'. There are many movies online. You can find almost any thing you wanted for free. Music videos, series, tv, films, deleted scenes.
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=define%3A+viral&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

5. Online video distribution isn't limited to the short film format. We are now starting to see television styled shows made solely for internet release (webisodes). Find an example of this style of content and discuss how viewing television content in this way can positively and negatively affect the viewer's experience.
The difference from sound to film, Tv is like the radio whereas our ipod is like youtube. Although the possibilities of downloading any song or film is awesome, when something comes on the radio or tv like a movie i love its so much more exciting. By having everything at our finger tips, we never stop. Were never satisfied, we always want more.
http://www.webisodes.org/ is a site primarily for watching videos/episodes for the internet. They are not screened on tv.
http://www.theawkwardman.com/ is a site that screens 9 videos of a guy that just broke up with his girlfriend and it shows how he awkwardly relates to situations. It is very humorous. I believe many people who make a film/skit purely for entertainment and/or mockery choose to screen it online only as it may not be quality entertainment.