Under the Sea
Personal camcorders continue to gain in quality and function, and that goes for their accessories as well.
Canon has recently released information on its WP-V1 underwater housing for it’s new HD Vixia H20 and HF200 camcorders. It looks a lot prettier than underwater cases we’ve seen before, but it’s just as expensive. At nearly $600 you should be prepared to film a lot of fish or swim lessons for that kind of cash.
The cash doesn’t make the idea any less appealing though. Think of the possibilities in kids home movies or super on the cheap independent filming. There’s only so much land on the planet, most of earth is water anyway.
A New Kind of Premiere
Film on Facebook is one of the many social networking projects the site has created to connect fans and utilize the community building power of the internet.
Specifically Film on Facebook is a group that connects film makers and fans. Filmakers can post behind the scenes videos, photos, showtimes, and comments through what facebook designates as “fan pages”. The most newsworthy bit is the premiere of One Track Mind (by Woodshed films), a surfing movie, directly on facebook this past week (October 16 and 17). There was a live chat session online as well.
The internet is a the new way to promote anything so film is no surprise. Facebook is an especially good stage for such promotion since the site already has a built in audience. The movie industry is going to have to deal with file sharing and rights in much the same way the music industry has struggled the past few years. But Imagine the possibilities if the movie industry were to get on board rather than figh the inevitable.
