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Personally, I hope increased popularity of video services like this one will help drive further improvements in recording devices and editing software.
We'll get there. The low-light level performance of video on cell phone cameras will continue to improve. The view angle will grow, and editing capabilities for video will continue to grow as well. Personally, I hope increased popularity of video services like this one will help drive further improvements in recording devices and editing software.
Documentary video editing (ie editing non-staged video) is really hard, and it's a skill very few people possess.
I'm not saying that software to suggest edits between shots or timing changes can't be created, but it's a hard problem.
-Brave new World -The Matrix -The Truman Show
and all those other "is a fake bliss bliss nonetheless" type stories.
This guy took the blue pill.
We'll get there. The low-light level performance of video on cell phone cameras will continue to improve. The view angle will grow, and editing capabilities for video will continue to grow as well. Personally, I hope increased popularity of video services like this one will help drive further improvements in recording devices and editing software.
You'll also need some way to distill the skill of video editing into a tool. Documentary video editing (ie editing non-staged video) is really hard, and it's a skill very few people possess. I'm not saying that software to suggest edits between shots or timing changes can't be created, but it's a hard problem.
To get off the ground though, you could maybe start with some automatic greenscreen software or something. Novice cameramen would love that, and if you are splicing in a set video file, it could be pretty straightforward from a usage point of view.
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You'll also need some way to distill the skill of video editing into a tool. Documentary video editing (ie editing non-staged video) is really hard, and it's a skill very few people possess. I'm not saying that software to suggest edits between shots or timing changes can't be created, but it's a hard problem.
Oh yes, video editing is very hard. The tools are extremely obtuse, as well. Which is why I am hoping that smart people rise to meet the demand and make something more powerful than the current crop of casual video editors, but less obtuse than major NLEs. To get off the ground though, you could maybe start with some automatic greenscreen software or something. Novice cameramen would love that, and if you are splicin…
So basically this guy is saying he'd rather remember his life as a distorted story that airbrushes away reality in order to embellish an element of perfection that never actually existed than as the actual real-life moment he experienced. Sounds strikingly similar to: -Brave new World -The Matrix -The Truman Show and all those other "is a fake bliss bliss nonetheless" type stories. This guy took the blue pill.
So basically this guy is saying he'd rather remember his life as a distorted story that airbrushes away reality in order to embellish an element of perfection that never actually existed than as the actual real-life moment he experienced. Sounds strikingly similar to: -Brave new World -The Matrix -The Truman Show and all those other "is a fake bliss bliss nonetheless" type stories. This guy took the blue pill.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh yes, video editing is very hard. The tools are extremely obtuse, as well. Which is why I am hoping that smart people rise to meet the demand and make something more powerful than the current crop of casual video editors, but less obtuse than major NLEs. To get off the ground though, you could maybe start with some automatic greenscreen software or something. Novice cameramen would love that, and if you are splicin…
Even given a tool that's easy enough for a newbie to use but has the power of Adobe Premiere Pro or the Avid suite, you still need a lot of non-tool-specific skills. It's not just about the obtuse interface, but also about knowing what to cut together, when, where and why.
As clearly evidenced by the proliferation of cameras, most people don't necessarily expect to be able to make amazing gallery-quality photos, but they would like the technology to get out of the way (so to speak) so that they can spend their time shooting.
So basically this guy is saying he'd rather remember his life as a distorted story that airbrushes away reality in order to embellish an element of perfection that never actually existed than as the actual real-life moment he experienced. Sounds strikingly similar to: -Brave new World -The Matrix -The Truman Show and all those other "is a fake bliss bliss nonetheless" type stories. This guy took the blue pill.
You and a bunch of other "rebels" may disagree, but what people want is precisely that: from Instagram to MMORPGs, people will adopt any and everything that allows them to escape their boring realities and live in something fabricated and that gives them the illusion they are in control.
So basically this guy is saying he'd rather remember his life as a distorted story that airbrushes away reality in order to embellish an element of perfection that never actually existed than as the actual real-life moment he experienced. Sounds strikingly similar to: -Brave new World -The Matrix -The Truman Show and all those other "is a fake bliss bliss nonetheless" type stories. This guy took the blue pill.