Video in a blog vs. Video Blog
In Adrian's recent post he writes, "RSS, video in a blog, at the moment is only a delivery mechanism, and I remain frustrated, bemused and surprised at how many people confuse that with a revolution in form, accessibility to media making, media or genre."
While RSS alone does not lead to bloggish/conversational modes, there are of course still the active uses of trackbacks, comments and links and especially a kind of visual conversation where vloggers respond in style or content through video posts. I would argue that this is creating new forms and genres - something that we would never see on TV or in a Movie theater. The central videoblog conversation is how and why we make our own daily experiences cinematic (or televisual). So while we do need the tools to give video more network value, lets not overlook what is new - an emergent cinema without show business. RSS is only one of many tools that make networked video easy and accessible. The glass is admitedly half-full, but it a delicious brew.

Comments
hallelujah, brother.
Posted by: daniel | May 2, 2006 3:39 PM