Group Update Fun

Filming is finished! hooray! - As I write this our video is being put onto Jake's hard drive. Today our group will be figuring out a time to meet and begin the editing process, including adding any voiceovers or titles we might need and picking music.

mmm, tv....

Somehow breaks always seem to be anything but breaks, but I of course managed to find time for some good tv watching. The only show I actually watch these days is Grey's Anatomy. (I fear 'I Love New York' is the end of us all) Grey's is at least a top ten show and nearly everyone I know watches it too. I had to laugh when I tried to compare it with Meyrowitz's ideas really. The thing with any show that has a technical aspect to it (like CSI), is that people start to think they know what they're talking about.
I cannot totally agree that television is this wonderful tool for sharing knowledge and experiences - it's not. As soon as I saw that the movie Blood Diamond was coming out, I cringed. All I could think was how many people would be spouting half-formed theories and incorrect facts over their dinner tables while never really learning anything about the real problems that face real people an ocean away.
And then I had another thought. You see, in my opinion, TV is full of keywords. If you hear a fact from TV, you should use that as a measure of how much you DON'T know, not 'ooh look I now know one fact about Africa'. Without proper follow up TV just makes people Think they're knowledgeable - very dangerous.
Then there's the flipside: without TV, a lot of people wouldnt even know One fact about Africa, or whatever the case may be. I guess the straightest line I can take is that TV is a good tool, but you have to use it as a tool to create something worthwhile, otherwise its just a boobtube.