So i watched this today (featured on our favorite social loudspeaker).
Its a cool interpretation of a classic fairytail - however what is more interesting for us is the present/future is presented. In this skit you can get indepth information about everything you see, as long as it matchs the specifics given. In other words you have a wealth of information, quanty wise, but very little quality information. Sounds familiar, well in a way that is the society we already live in.
Take a look, and comment your thoughts back at me.
Nico
PS: i had nothing to do with this video, so its not shameless self promotion - its promoting some random dude or dudette.
enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ABqSOScQ
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Wow, first off, that is an awesome video...
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I think you've hit on something interesting about the presentation of information in our new "information age." Myself, I think part of why I liked that video was actually because I find myself to be a pretty logical person, and the video fit with my perception of the world.
I like to have that detailed information available to me, which is actually why I try to avoid going on Wikipedia too much... because when I do venture to a page (out of interest's sake, not for academic research), I usually end up reading pages upon pages because each page links me to more that are mere details related to my original search topic, but they're relevant in their own way. I've learned ridiculous amounts of almost entirely useless knowledge that way, just by clicking on links to delve deeper and deeper into a subject that interests me (frustratingly, I have a much more difficult time learning the things that I actually am supposed to for school).
You mentioned that there are vast quantities of information available, which I totally agree with, but problem I usually have, but didn't have with this video, was splitting it up into quality chunks. What is done in this video is that they break up all the extraneous information into small, manageable bits which are actually useful.
Now, the part about the VW van really didn't need to be there I don't think, as it didn't further the story at all, but for the rest of it the analysis of the story was fairly accurate and for me, made it more enjoyable to watch as it really explained and pointed out the significance of each action.
The video also displayed the information in different and varying ways that we wouldn't typically apply to these situations, which in some ways makes us think more about the logicality, and in some ways, plausibility of the story.
Because I was given all this new information about how things worked, the only thing I really debated about was how the wolf was big enough to swallow the grandmother and little red riding hood whole while still being small enough to just barely go down to the woodsman's waist when carried over his shoulder. Other than that, I'm given the information to believe that what I'm seeing is actually possible. Though believing such information as we're shown it... that's a whole different topic of discussion (and while I'd love to get into it, I need to sleep, so it'll have to wait until later).
Interesting video, David has said much of what I was thinking, but... this style of information presentation is very captivating because it's not something that we are used to seeing. That being said, others could utilize this style to teach in the education system. In particular, I think this would be effective for the younger students.
ReplyDeleteWow! Anatomy of life, much? What an extremely creative approach to portray something folk traditional into New Age. I have to agree with Thien, who mentioned how "others could utilize this style to teach in the education system". With the technology that we have, I am pretty confident that this paradigm may be reserved for future education. Moreover, this interactive model takes on a multi-dimensional perspective, in which it combines storytelling, science and math concepts, digital designing, architecture, and so forth.
ReplyDeleteOnly problem with this approach is that it defeats the traditional storytelling element since it is being interrupted by everyday information. An excellent learning tool, no doubt!
Good find!