tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post2497567992870798246..comments2012-10-28T19:18:55.010-04:00Comments on DigiMedia10: Linking Remediation with Manovich's New MediaLance Stratehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-19045110240103281752010-06-14T22:06:46.352-04:002010-06-14T22:06:46.352-04:00Yes, excellent connection, and indeed, the distinc...Yes, excellent connection, and indeed, the distinction between database and narrative is a central one for Manovich.Lance Stratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-92211317941480815212010-06-11T00:21:58.056-04:002010-06-11T00:21:58.056-04:00I liked how you linked remediation to this reading...I liked how you linked remediation to this reading. I agree that at times old technology is simply replaced with new technology. However, we could look at it another way--old technology is being improved. So in a way it is an assimilation between the old and the new--using new techniques to improve the old.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574069881799864478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-87926278886391535602010-06-10T18:58:28.597-04:002010-06-10T18:58:28.597-04:00The problem is computer technology has made things...The problem is computer technology has made things so easy for us that we now place our faith in this technology instead of reverting back to the old ways. Computer graphics are, according to Manovich, purely mathematical and therefore subject to manipulation. It is has become so easy to edit digital images as opposed to photographic ones for example and now the love we once had for a camera has been replaced by editing software tools.Michael Vinciguerrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421479692626570608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-76057836563428605532010-06-10T14:39:59.766-04:002010-06-10T14:39:59.766-04:00In addition to this post, I wanted to add to the i...In addition to this post, I wanted to add to the idea that Manovich uses the remediation principle in his book. The progression we see in a film, with the cameraman cranking his camera and showing us a sequence of events that build up to the end of the story is the same concept that is utilized in computers with the loop in computer programs. Manovich proposes that this could be the new narrative form for computer technology. It sound like a valid argument and a logical comparison. The only shortcoming I see here is that while a movie can provide an experience that is set in a certain way and the transparency comes together with its reflective quality, the computer does not have that capability because its purpose targets transparency too much, the applications become more complicated, and the experience becomes a confused mess of a reflective quality interfering with transparency. In the computer programmer's quest for creating a unique experience, his/her project results in failure to achieve the intended purpose. Ialso don't think that Manovich is clear as to whether computers will replace cinema or if computers will continue to be used as a backup system for the film industry. So far, his first few pages talk about parallels between film and computer technology, which lead me to think that heavy remediation is present and that the computer technology that is being advertised or promoted as something novel is an avenue that has already been exploited and a recycling process is in the works which only attempts to revive it. There is more to come...JessLuv75https://www.blogger.com/profile/13872958701471080453noreply@blogger.com