I just heard a new terminology in regards to your cell phone or iPod…”4th Screen”
The reference is “1st Screen = Cinema” “2nd Screen = Television” “3rd Screen = Laptop” and “4th Screen = iPod/Cell Phone”
If you are a fan of Wallace & Gromit or Chicken Run, ohh and you are interested in saving the planet…then check out these cute, fun and informative shorts created by Aardman Animation, for the Animal Planet.
www.AnimalsSavThePlanet.com
I’ve been listening a lot to a podcast, that looks like it’s been around for awhile, but I’m just discovering it now…
It’s podcasts related to the Tribeca Film Festival 2008…
Apple and Indie Wire Magazine put on a series of talks from filmmakers, talking about their movies and how they got into the field…
It’s worth checking out…
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=15725296&id=202224986
Has everyone in the world gotten a chance to see Iron Man yet?
I saw it on opening weekend, and I enjoyed it…and seeing all the special effects.
WZEN.org is a great example of using the power of the internet and the power of podcasting out there for people who want to listen to it…
As you might guess, the website, and subsequent podcasts are related to Zen Buddhist teachings. These are lectures and teachings by John Daido Loori, Rooshi who is the Abbott of the Zen Mountain Monastary in New York, he records a weekly podcast or semi weekly…on different Dharmic talks…
These talks are broadcast through podcasts, and it’s a great way, and a great example of getting the message out there using the tools and technology made available today…and you can find it on iTunes.
This is a great podcast for anyone interested in Buddhism…
I heard from a friend of mine, that the new film Speed Racer was shot with a new, revolutionary camera, that focused the foreground, and the background at the same time…giving a flattened “Cartoonish” look…
And apparently the camera is so new…it came with guards to protect it’s secrecy…
Here’s an article that further explains this…
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp/aid/5290/tcid/1
So, I recently heard about a protest that went bad in Edinboro, Pennsylvania which is where I attended college…The protest broke out into a fight between Anti-War Protester, and Pro-Military Protesters…
And apparently this made national news…
Now my point about YouTube is this…
At this fight there were three people video taping, from three different angles…If you go to YouTube and look this up, the first thing you might see is a video with Bill o’Reilly talking to someone who was at the fight (on the pro-military side)…and of course the Bill O’Reilly Fox News video is only 10 seconds long…but in the related videos you can watch all three camera angles and decide for yourself what actually happened, and who started the protest.
Maybe YouTube will become a better way to learn the truth about situations and matters…
I won’t provide any links to the videos…it was just an example, and there are many more similar to that one out there…