I came across this video of a future tablet device being developed by Microsoft called Courier. It’s a dual 7-inch screen that has multi-touch,it’s designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. After seeing the video demo for it I was blown away by how seamless it works … It’s a real device that is nearing completion and hopefully will available in the new year …
It’s astonishing that technology is moving leaps and bounds … this tablet device has so much potential and I can’t wait to see how useful it becomes in the future … there will obviously be more types of this technology and even direct competitors with similar devices … I’m really curious to see how filmmaking technology will respond and hopefully utilize these tablets to their advantage …
Documentary Theory & Methods – Blog #8
This short film deals with 50 people being interviewed and being asked one question … “What Is Your Secret” … It’s a really interesting way to approach random people … I love the responses they get … it’s shot and edited really well and it’s very intriguing … the spontaneity of it all is incredible …
I find it interesting how open people are about their personal lives in this film … It makes me wonder how the filmmakers were able to get the subjects comfortable enough to reveal some pretty personal information about themselves to total strangers … I really hope a lot of this film wasn’t staged …