oldwrench wrote:rogueintellectproductions wrote:I'm 31, and only started making videos a few months ago (is that a record?)
Are you asking about those round black discs, with grooves, that make music?
You mean discs haven't always been shiny?
Actually, I googled the word "record", and I found a definition that references something called "writing", and another thing called "paper". I did understand the part about information.
[quote="oldwrench]Having been a techno junkie all my life, I envy the young people, all the high tech "toys" at your diposal, and so many years to grow with them. [/quote]
So when does tech become part of the societal instinct? Cars, television, computers, among other inventions - they've become so pervasive that people intuitively know the basic principles behind them. Computers especially - in the last 20 years we've developed a new means of communication, complete with its own etiquette and language. It's almost as if babies are born knowing that a semicolon and a close parenthesis can be merged to make a winky face.
Bringing it back on-topic, I think this instinct that the 25-and-under generation has developed affects narrative style more than anything else. Tech has made available new methods of storytelling, both linear and nonlinear, and new methods of delivering a story. After all, used to be you had to be published in order for lots of people to read your stuff.
So anyway, back on-topic again. I don't think age has much to do with the ability to make a good video; I do think it affects what kind of videos one makes, though.
Or not. I have expended many words and have returned to the original question of this thread without providing an answer. But I did get to work both my fascination with shinies and the term "winky face" into a conversation, so I am happy.
CPFuller, out!
To paraphrase one Mr. Cool James, please refrain from referring to it as a revival, I've been lurking for ages.
