Telling Stories in 4K: Jim Sill Keynote4

#gafesummit NIST, Bangkok 2015
What is 4K?

HDTV: 2 million pixels
4K: 8 million... unbelievable quality

1895 The Lumiere Brothers
First film showed a train coming in at an angle. Scared viewers thinking they would be run down.

1958 Orson Welles
Uncut filming with NO room for error. (Touch of Evil video)

Enter computer graphics and "The Avengers"

Early Movies Suspension of Disbelief -> Present Day Ignorance

FOMO: Fear of Missing Out

GoPro Cameras
Changing the level at which we share our liversYoutube clip on trombone

Chekhov's Gun
If you put a gun in your story in chapter one you better use it by chapter 3.

"Stories are flight simulators for the brain."
RICO THETA
360 degree photography

It's never about the tools. Technology unlocks and opens doors.

Embrace the curious amateur within
  • change the way you look at the world
  • learn along with your students
  • take risks
  • fail

It's OK!

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