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THINKING ABOUT GOOGLE TV

At Google’s IO Conference this week, the search giant announced several new products and platforms, including the latest Android operating system, Froyo (named after “frozen yogurt”), and, perhaps most significantly for filmmakers, Google TV. At the heart of Google TV is a simple notion: right now we watch a lot of TV after it is broadcast on our computer simply because a) its creators have placed it there and b) it’s easy to find what we want to watch through internet search. But, if we could watch it on our TV screens? Wouldn’t we rather view it there? At his […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 22, 2010
INCREDIBLE YOUTUBE FIRE ILLUSION

YouTube illusions are becoming a genre all their own. This one is kinda gorgeous. (Hat tip: iTricks.)
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 23, 2010
SPRING ISSUE ONLINE

Now online check out select stories from our Spring issue, which will hit stands next week. Alex Gibney talks about this latest doc, Casino Jack and the United States of Money; Laura Poitras follows up her Oscar nominated My Country, My Country with the powerful The Oath; and Bahman Ghobadi explains the challenges behind making No One Knows About Persian Cats. Plus, YouTube’s Sara Pollack discusses the site’s distribution model, production designer Jack Fisk recounts his 30-plus year career, Anthony Kaufman wonders where’s the under-30 indie film audience in Industry Beat, and in two passionate pieces that highlight opposite ends […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Apr 19, 2010
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND

I don’t post a lot of amateur video on the site… but I’m making an exception. Real school play or performance art prank? America’s Funniest Home Video or an homage to George Kuchar? A tribute to the imagination of today’s youth or a disturbing wake-up call about the next generation? The video claims to be posted by Bartonville, IL homemaker Cindy S., who lists her favorite movie as The Passion of the Christ, her favorite book as Going Rogue, and who may have filmed her son Jaydon in his school play doing… Scarface.
by Scott Macaulay on Mar 29, 2010
YOUTUBE — HERE TO STAY

CNET covers Youtube: Executives from heavyweights such as Yahoo, America Online and Turner Broadcasting were buzzing about YouTube’s sudden success at the Digital Hollywood conference here this week. Even though it’s not clear exactly how YouTube will make money, no company generated as much excitement at the gathering of Hollywood studios, electronics manufacturers and Internet media companies….
by Scott Macaulay on Mar 31, 2006

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