Pixel Liberation Front is one of the three major previsualization studios in Hollywood. This show reel takes the viewer through the previsualized action sequences from the Matrix Revolutions (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 2003). The shots simultaneously cut between the previz 3D motion graphics, and the real time film. This show reel demonstrates the meticulous detail needed in order to realise a film that has incredibly high production values.

Anyway, firstly you have to make a poster frame from your quicktime movie. This involves creating a .mov still frame. Once you have done this, you then upload your poster frame and your quicktime movie to your blog space. You click on each of these files to get their URL. Then you type up a new post and put this code into it: <embed xsrc="posterframeaddress.mov" width=400 height=400 xhref=quicktimemoviefileaddress.mov target=quicktimeplayer></embed>, replacing what I have written between "" with your corresponding files' URL.

Alifeleti also noted that is, "nice netiquette to let people know where the video will open, its file size and its duration."

Today I decided to go on an adventure out onto the rooftop of Labsome and film out in the rain for a bit. The result is Rain Day(2.3Mb, 320x256, quicktime, 1m16") As you can probably tell, I did this as quickly as possible! I hope you can view this file... some of the iMacs at uni couldn't...mine can however and I don't know why... 

I think it is to do with the democratisation of new media. Those who have a little money can go out, take a reasonable photo, p.s it, up load it and publish it to the entire world without too much technical knowledge of these production and distribution processes. On one hand, this is a beautiful way to illustrate an individual perspective - personal testimony perhaps. It can serve as a nice break from the homogenous stories/images published in the mass media.

Ironically, it is such organizations that are making money out of the individual, and it is the individual who will eventually consume their product(s).

Jumping on the bandwagon too…

I agree that language is a huge barrier in cross-cultural communications. I do not think it is fair that we (us English speaking folk) just seem to automatically expect everyone else to be fluent in our language. When I was in Germany I stayed with a friend’s family and felt terrible that the only way they could communicate with me was to speak English, because all I could say in German was ‘window shopping.’ I kind of felt that I was forcing them to communicate with me on my terms, even though I was in their country.

I have also lived with three international students (Korean, Indian & German) in Australia and whilst I was on student exchange in Ireland. I have seen how frustrating it is for them to communicate in a language that is not their own, and understand how you may feel depressed.

When I was in Ireland, I naturally did some research into Gaelic. Some of the words in this language have no other equivalent in other languages – there is neither sentence nor string of words which will suffice to express the meaning. Interestingly, such words usually described emotions – really deep ones. Do you have similar examples in you language?

My online documentary is about Cross Cultural Communication and the Online Community. Please read more
if you are interested...
As you can see, the questions that Natasha wrote are pertinent to my documentary.
Natasha Wrote: Do you think that online communities could help to overcome barriers in the real world…

I think they have the potential too, but I am not sure if we are really there yet...

Anyway, do you (and anyone else who wants to comment) think that the Internet could be used to better effect cross-cultural communication? Or do you think it is just a way to connect with people in other locations who are essentially not that different to you anyway?

"With the advent of the Internet the opportunities for communication across cultures has simply exploded. As Ismail Fayed writes below in his presentation, Internet based discourse across the planet has presented an unprecedented level of communication across cultures, and therefore an unprecedented potential for misunderstanding and/or learning."

"It will be clear after reading the short presentations below that any one of the perspectives presented are worth detailed analysis. This collective presentation however serves to highlight the complexity of views around this issue. You are invited to attend the live chat sessions and forum discussions to further explore the issues with individual presenters."