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Exactly which Paradigm?
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[Marvin Holdman] “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it…”
[Steve Jobs @ WWDC 2011] “The truth is in the Cloud!”
Hi
One major factor in the longevity of Goebbells’ big lie was in the outstanding creativity of his cinema newsreel teams. The propaganda was – unexpectedly for me – for the most part secondary to the way the cameramen, writers and film editors told their stories. I’ve watched dozens of hours of fascinatingly told documentary reportage from the weekly newsreels. In its time it was at the cutting edge of the evolution of 20th century film story-telling craft.Apple core decision-making processes are also ‘shielded’ by a screen of outstanding creatives. But the way they have recently treated their ‘ loyal customers’ in the professional video post-production world means that we would be well advised to keep Apple under closer scrutiny in future as they move into this new Cloud-based scheme of things.
What’s best for Apple may or may not be what’s best for all the rest of us, Time will tell… 🙁
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[Craig Seeman] “It was designed to handle DV and Firewire”
Not true.
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Maybe you weren’t there for FCP1. That’s all it did. It took third parties to extend that.
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I was.
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[Marvin Holdman]At this point, it would seem they’ve stolen a page from the Joseph Goebbels playbook… “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Not just you, Marvin, but I find the handful of examples in invoking Godwin’s Law on a forum about a piece of software to be quite humorous.
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Hah! Guess I brought that reference out too soon! Oh well, it was an inevitable digression.
Astute observation, sir!
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I’ve never believed a high barrier of entry is good for an industry or any creative field. And have always been in disagreement with those that do. Few would be allowed to write if some technicians could find a way to make it impossible without $100,000 worth of equipment.
And I’ll judge work on merit, thanks very much. I know too many jaded hacks who have the equipment, but turn out bilge with it.
“It’s cr*p but it’s well-cooked cr*p” as an old film school lecturer of mine used to say.
For an industry that considers “America’s Home Videos” and “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Next Top- Model” to be broadcast quality I am sure there are young talented people out there who deserve to come in.
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
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