Video As A Language

Posted October 15, 2016
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The invention of the alphabet made written langauge possible. It reduced the totality of all writing to 26 simple symbols (in English).  

In the digital world, Claude Shannon reduced the totality of everything to two symbols - zero and one.

For video, we have now reduced the totality of video grammar to 5 simple shots.  It makes the medium comprehensible and approachable by all.

 


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