tapes etc.) and the way we distribute them.But what about the changes in the way in which we tell the story? I believe the Internet and the mobile platforms have changed the cinematic language or created an additional one, parallel to the traditional way. The researchers in the Media Lab in the MIT think the whole film industry is going to change (although box office figures for 2008 are a record) and try to define and develop the Future of Storytelling by founding a special center dedicated to the subject.
Here's what the New York Times has to say about this.
The Media Lab in the MIT is not a mere academic research center, which tries to analyze the present and past but rather to predict and even develop the future of human communication and the way technology could be harnessed to improve communication and works of art.
The following video demonstrates the above sentences more clearly. In it, a guitarist shows a device that learned his gestures (probably through techniques of artificial intelligence) in a way that will generate guitar effects. The gestures are based upon observations on typical movements guitaris do when they want to create a certain effect. Now imagine if you had a camera that guesses the movement you want to create and helps you create it in a smooth way.
I wish MIT Media Lab would put it the "feature request" list.
