RIT on TV News: Tech Gifts (2008)
New Technology for the Television (2012)
Technology and TV News (2011)
The following is something I wrote a long time go. I wish I knew when I wrote it, I didn't even put the date.
Well, I hope all of you enjoy reading it anyway:
The Future of Tech Media—Five years in the Making
By Ralonda R Green
Ever since the internet’s arrival—technology has not been the same. Giving way to social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, and twitter—it might seem to some that technical advances are quickly developed at just a click of a mouse or push of a button. Back in our grandparents’ day—technology and new ideas were hard to come by compared with today. It used to take an estimated ten years before a new technology in media could fully be established—now it’s just may be five months or a few days.
My prediction of the future of technical broadcasting is that the technology will become more robotic and extremely simple—in the next five years. As I’ve stated above, our technical abilities are vastly progressing at an accelerated rate. For example, with the special computerized effects displayed in the box-office hit Avatar was so intensely detailed—audiences claimed they felt that they were so apart of the film and it felt so real that they forgot it was 3-D. Advanced graphic systems are becoming so sharp in every pixel—movie goers or TV viewers will not be able to dissever between graphics and the realness of the scene.
I believe in the next five years TV and video cameras will be robotic in nature—large systematic units that will operate by only the use of maybe four to ten buttons—located on the switchboard in the television studio. These cameras will have similar motion technology as the photo-cameras we have today. Their have been advertisements of picture cameras installed with what is called motion censored—where if someone smiles, the camera can automatically spot it and form the needed viewing sequence for the photographer to capture that subject. Video cameras will have these capabilities—at a LA Lakers’ game, these robotic cameras will automatically sense motion—smile, laughter, foot movement and the very motion of the basketball. These units will be controlled by only a few individuals in the studio, no camera personal needed because the Lakers’ stadium will have several computerized units with cable components streaming to the studio, attached to another unit-screen—enabling the director and tech-director to see and view potential shots—without the assistance of camera operators operating each unit. These capabilities will be used in films, PR programming, news, etc.
My next prediction concerning technical broadcasting is the total switch to the Internet. It’s a stretch, but the Internet is so full of information and with a new idea called “Convergent media” well any one could guess that this is where we are headed toward. Imagine—no one has to wait in line for hours at a movie premier or spend $7 to $10 of their hard earned money. There will be massive website units designed for films to premier online—audiences will be able to view and blog about the film at the same time—ratings for the film will be ten-times easier to gather, there will even be a separate screen where movie credits analyze and voice their opinion—at the same time others are viewing, others will blog about credits comments—blogs will then be computed into the ratings system.
News will also be the victim of change completely to the Internet. Newspapers/magazines will have shutdown news stands and give way to posting all their articles and ads on their specified units. The Washington Post and New York Times will have to do without killing lots of trees and settle for just their computer screens at home. But questions still remain, if these predictions come true--the production process will take little or no intense effort, what will happen to the broadcasting job market, will it deplete and will the quality of media become dull, and extremely selective than objective? We can never be sure, but what I do feel is that our world is advancing quickly and if were not careful—we not be ready to catch-up.
Well, this has been "my-2-cents," this is Ralonda Green, saying Jesus loves you and signing out!
Thanks for reading...
