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Mar. 12th, 2004 08:27 amAround the time I started going to Cinequest they introduced the "DxD" program, a yearly series of panels and events about digital production, postproduction, and distribution. I was interested at first, but stopped going at some point because the forums didn't seem to be telling me anything new. I was following the issues outside of the festival, anyway, and the general format of the panels was: A bunch of people from different corporations tell you why their product will revolutionize the film industry, and not much else. Everyone's view of the subject seemed to be blinkered to whatever they were selling.
Anyway, this year I haven't been tracking the industry, and the timing worked out so that I had nothing to go to opposite the digital delivery forum. It was a panel full of people who do interesting things--CEOs from Tivo and AtomFilms and people from Kontiki (the technology behind Cinequest Online) and Yahoo. All of them had some interesting things to say about their companies, but it basically followed the same formula. The bright spot was surprise guest Marc Andreessen, whose current company has nothing to do with digital film distribution; he was there with a lot of opinions and no particular agenda, and he talks really fast. So that was fun.
Speaking of people whose names sound like Andreessen, I read in an alumni magazine that a college friend got her master's degree in journalism. So, congratulations, Shannon, wherever you are.
Anyway, this year I haven't been tracking the industry, and the timing worked out so that I had nothing to go to opposite the digital delivery forum. It was a panel full of people who do interesting things--CEOs from Tivo and AtomFilms and people from Kontiki (the technology behind Cinequest Online) and Yahoo. All of them had some interesting things to say about their companies, but it basically followed the same formula. The bright spot was surprise guest Marc Andreessen, whose current company has nothing to do with digital film distribution; he was there with a lot of opinions and no particular agenda, and he talks really fast. So that was fun.
Speaking of people whose names sound like Andreessen, I read in an alumni magazine that a college friend got her master's degree in journalism. So, congratulations, Shannon, wherever you are.
