Ken Loach made the keynote speech at the 54th BFI London Film Festival. He said television has become the ‘enemy of creativity’.
Watching the G20 protests on TV it seemed that every other person had a camera. Yet only two video clips of the Ian Tomlinson incident have come to light so far. One was shot by a member of the public, the other by a broadcast news team and despite professional cameras being outnumbered by ‘activist’ cameras to the tune of hundreds to one.
A fluke? I suggest not. (more…)
AOL is to close its user-generated content site on 18 December.
Channel 4 News reveals how film-makers are using footage from public cctv cameras. It’s called ‘video sniffing’.