Sunday
Jan142007
How To Make a Long Tail Movie
Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 9:28PM Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, posted some excerpts from The Guide on his blog.
I'm flattered to have the DV Rebel approach categorized as a long tail concept. It's great to have some confirmation from the man himself that democratization of production and distribution doesn't mean that everything we make and watch has to be webcam videos of kids lip-synching!
Update: The Cool Tools review that Anderson was quoting has been posted. Kevin Kelly really seems to "get" The Guide—he points out the stuff I knowingly skipped over because it's been done well in other books, and advocates The Guide's software-centric approach.
Reader Comments (3)
In the caption for the picture quoted (and in the book, too) it should be "silicon" not "silicone".
Good catch Wayne, it's noted on my http://rebelsguide.com/DV%20Rebel%27s%20Guide/Errata.html">errata page at rebelsguide.com. One little letter changes the implication quite a bit!
Damn, Stu, I've got to get the name of your publicist. Boing Boing, Time's Person of the Year, now this, and I know you're not done yet. Congratulations.
The head of the art department at LucasArts would habitually say "Silicone Graphics" and was probably not chided enough for it, although lord knows we tried.