Meridian

I was intrigued by the Meridian video series that we began to watch in class on Tuesday. The rest of the film was available to watch, and the story held my attention to the very end. While the concept of time travel is certainly not a new idea, this method was a little different, and the visual effects were good as well.

At times I did think the story was a bit overdramatic, but that may just be a characteristic of video created for the internet. Just like with web comics—film can be created and distributed without the need for a distributer who may try to change and limit your film's ideas. I'm reminded of Dr. Horrible's sing-along blog as another example of a film that isn't limited by all those risk-avoiders who can never approve anything different.

I also watched some of the behind the scenes that was posted to YouTube. Although some of the special effects "tips" that they gave were some that I already knew before (e.g. make sure you level your tripod!), it was interesting to see the other tricks they used, such as replacing the lighting in original fixtures with different bulbs and keying out the spill from the green-screened light on the computer screens. I know I shouldn't be surprised with some of the special effects with all our current technology, but I am anyway. Now I'm just anxious to start putting in into practice!