I think you could still call it filmmaking as long as it was noted in the class schedule that video would be the medium. If I were to sign up for a filmmaking course and they told us all we had was video, unless I had been previously informed, I would complain. (As it was at IUPUI, I just complained that no course using film was offered at all...) Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:47 PM Subject: FILMMAKING QUERY: what in the world do we call "it"? > How about "Introduction to Digital Cinema"? > No mention of 'film' or 'video' there... > > MJPW > > =========================== > > an elegant an appealing solution, but one that falls > victim to two problems . . . first, it doesn't indicate > that the the course involves learning how to MAKE > a narrative video amd most students would automatically > persume that it's an academic rather than studio course > > . . . second, is it in fact true that video cams use > digital rather than analogue technology? . . . i kinda think > not, but i'm not clear about this > > actually the problem reflects a larger one, a MUCH larger > one that i can't recall every seening addressed . . . i don't think > our language has a word that refers to any and all "things" > that use the moving image to tell a story . . . i apologize > for using the awful word "thing" there but the point is precisely > that there is no real alternative . . . perhaps we can salvage that > wonderful word "movie" from the grips of film, and use it > to refer to any story told by means of the moving image > regardless of the specific technology involved > mike > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite