Just had a very interesting discussion with a co-worker about photography, starting off about film vs digital, but...
Just had a very interesting discussion with a co-worker about photography, starting off about film vs digital, but then migrating across to cinematography, and where that might go next. 3D has turned out to be pretty, but by-and-large "meh" in terms of storytelling. But what about 360 video? What sort of storytelling can you come up with when you have more than 3/4 of your "screen" out of view, but able to be panned across to? M.A.S.H. did something like this with the soundscape, where you could tell that there was more of the story occurring off-screen, but what if we could bring that on-screen? What about the the problems of the technical aids and crew? How do you hide them? What if you could watch the same movie three times, and see three different stories? Or nine, but looking at the way different bits overlap? #cinematography #videosphere #photosphere