The Video Deck

I developed some questions that will concern different mediated experiences and concepts in media and technology. The big question to all of this is where will be the question that answers all other questions in technology is there one? Maybe that is to confusing right now and rightfully so because who can honestly predict the next great thing? You can assume and guess what should be the next big thing but that won't answer the question. When was the last time you thought about what will the next iPhone be, and what will it do that the current one doesn't do? The next iPhone may not even be an Apple product but the thought of what will be the next device that is like and iPhone or better than the iPhone is a more mind boggling idea. I am more concerned with the question that comes before that and that is only answered beyond the creation of the next iPhone. Have I lost you yet? Because we think of a problem first then answer second maybe we should think of answer first and then problem second that could somehow develop our next great thing, or not. Either way my questions are not to be answered by a lousily way, but more thought and methodical way if they amount up to that. Here is the list of questions I will choose from to answer thoughtfully.

Dealing with technology on a regular rather its editing a video in Final Cut Pro, shooting still images with a Nikon D40x, or checking a calendar with mobile me on my iPhone, I wonder whats the big next thing. As many of you may know Apple released its revolutionary iPad yesterday, a 10 inch, multitouch, Wifi enabled device. Apple is describing it as “their most advance technology in a magical and revoultionary device.” As I watched the live blog during the Apple event I became disappointed in the product and what it offered. I question why, how come, and where is, all to find no answers in return but after I read a filmakers blog (http://prolost.com/blog/2010/1/27/make-movies-with-apple-ipad.html) and some past BAS alumni blogs http://kyleewall.blogspot.com/ my brain machine began to turn.

I think right now with the release of this tablet and creative minds is exactly what we discuss in N503 about whats your mission, smart devices and the future of what we create with our MAS degrees. This iPad is ahead of its time and myself has doubted the powerful use of its technology and the endless possibilities in a mediated future. If everything is smart and responds to the sense of touch then what is limited. In the Prolost Blog, the filmaker mentioned color correction which is my, MO in video editing, and how the iPad could become the color corrector tools for a color correction project. In other words imagine using the iPad now as remote or an integral interface to control the color correction tools of a editing software. In fact, a step further, using the iPad as a virtual interface for your home iMac or Macbook Pro. Swapping folders, pictures, edits, presentations could all be controlled by multitouch gestures. As MAS students think how much this could change the way you edit, design, build and distribute the media we are creating now. Edit videos on the fly and see corrections in realtime, design 3D models all with your fingers, download text and pictures from your home computer onto your iPad and share in a keynote presentation. All this type of technolgoy is just in a matter of years and already Apple has touched the surface. I challenge myself, students of MS programs, and companies to change the way we interact with our technology and hardware. I leave with a few pictures to allow this concept to build.

Well I will start this blog like this I will attain my masters degree from the MAS program at IUPUI. In the meantime....WOW! This is going to be a real challenging semester and I have just gotten started. Realistically though I understand that this is supposed to challenging why well if it was easy than everyone would do it...something like that. Anyhow My N501 class is going to be awesome even though that will be my most media producing class I believe as of now. N503 and N480 will challenge me in a more analytical way that will battle my intellectual thoughts and ideas. In a nutshell all my classes are graduate level courses and I am witnessing this first hand and even though I write about the challenge I am very excited to be in this position.
On the flipside, I will be starting my graduate assistantship soon and that will also become a challenge for me that will correspond of being a graduate student. As of now I will be a mentor to the undergraduate students in Media Arts & Science and help them through the trials and tribulations of being a student in a project based program. In additional I will be conducting after school mentoring and classes to high school students at New Tech high school. This is exciting and little nervous as well. I have mentored, I have taught, and I have been in similar position before. Although this experience will be a challenge because it will be outside of my environment of college level students. So I can be nervous just on the fact I don't know where there level and heads are being high school students. I could walk in and they would be like, " he's wack! we're not going to learn anything" LOL maybe not that harsh.
Anyhow this semester is well on its way and I am ready for it actually I am late......