Final Blog

Recently, my friend showed me a video on Youtube. The video is called "The Website Is Down" and is about a web technician who is dealing with a sales person he works with. All the viewer sees is what is on the web technician computer screen. The web technition shows what can be done with the internet if you know enough about it. He simultaneously plays Halo online, talks to people using Skype, changes received email content and uses another persons computer from is desktop. The reason why I like this video is because it is funny and also because it is a film based entirely on the internet. It was made available on the internet and is based on what can be done with it. I think it is very clever because the audience does not need much knowledge about the internet to enjoy it and people who do know a lot about the internet will also enjoy it.
I thought it was real at first but it is a film that was scripted. This is a film that only exists because of the internet. The internet is having a huge impact on how people make films. People no longer have to normal film making conventions. Since the arrival of the internet, people have accepted more different types of video than what is seen in cinemas or on TV. Audiences can accept the content of the video because they understand what is happening. I think it is more visually interesting that a lot of films because the audience must watch the screen at all times to keep up with the plot and also to get the jokes. With a lot of films one can look away and not miss anything but with this, it is all about what you see.
I like this video because I think it is a good example of what we talk about with regards digital media. Its a good example of the product of the digital age. It was distributed on the internet, the view is only of what is seen on a computer, its about the internet and for people who use the internet.