Week 5

The first YouTube video of the ABC world news was really broad like. It was nothing compared to the news today. Almost no color, no music, no sound effects, no transition like slides, etc. The other video clips that include Obama and Oprah contain everything listed above – color, music, sound effects, etc. The differences between these two videos are simple, news seem more realistic with all the graphics nowadays. The old news has no hooks or attention grabbers other than the tone of Peter Jennings’ telling his audience what to know about. Unlike Oprah, she informs the audience with a pleasure, more relaxed tone. Within 18 years, these inventions of technology just keep growing. Bolter and Grusin both mention that “immediacy is supposed to make this computer interface “natural rather than arbitrary,” (67). They also agree that “in order to create a sense of presence, virtual reality should come as close as possible to our daily visual experience. Its graphic space should be continuous and full of objects and should fill the viewer’s field of vision without rupture.” (67). I can’t explain how much this sums it all up, but if you look at it, it’s true. In the Oprah/Obama video, there’s everything in a newsroom that could possibly take someone’s interest. This is the “virtual reality” that comes as colas as possible to daily visual experience. The old news video, showed more of the “natural more than arbitrary. I agree with Bolter and Grusin on the quotes that I chose. The quotes are more likely to explain the differences between the videos.