Post #16 - Film, TV, Video

Hello and welcome back! We are now embarking on a journey that will take us through the rise of electronic media. One of the fist electronic media devices was the telegraph invented by Samuel Morse. Morse was an inventor and artist, having made the Gallery of the Louvre. 


Like Morse, Guglielmo Marconi was fascinated by electronic media. Maconi gave us radio, with the first broadcasts coming from Pittsburgh (that’s my home city!). Radio broadcast became a new medium for artists to use, like Orson Wells' War of the Worlds broadcast. Using different creative techniques, he was able to give off the illusion that it was real over radio. I think that it’s amazing how they used what they had at the time to create an authentic sounding sci-fi world. 


John Logie Baird followed these men, and earned himself the name as the “Father of Television”. His mechanical television was what paved the way for the TVs we use now. He started off with simple broadcasted figures, then progressed into more complex, real images. Philo Farnsworth followed Baird’s example, and created the electronic television, with use of a cathode-ray tube. It’s fascinating to see how the times changed, and to see how each inventor picked up where the other left off, using new technology to make their dreams a reality. 


Electronic media took off, and soon its influence was seen everywhere. TV had the power to influence people’s opinions and shape our futures. Walter Benjamin saw this, and became suspicious of TV. He was concerned that people would become more preoccupied with what was offered to them, rather than what was real. I mean sure it allowed for major advancements within different scientific fields, but there were other drawbacks, like misinformation and digital footprints. 


The rise of the digital age came after, and we still see the lasting effects of that now. With filmmaking and photography, digital media made it easier and allowed for more creativity. Some still prefer film to digital, but most would choose the easy accessibility and usability of digital. Personally, I am more of a digital girl. I like the look of film, but there are ways of making digital look like that. I am an amateur filmmaker, so I tend to choose digital. 


The journey of electronic media is a fascinating thing, and it is amazing to see how the times changed, and the people along with it.


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