TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE

Today we looked over the exam essay practice that you have done on production and distribution. We went over the term technological convergence and applied it to the film industry.

We looked at an Extranormal animation about convergence HERE and worked on how to define the term and apply it.

We critiqued the concept map below and decided how to improve on it:

Technological Convergence and Exhibition

In the film industry the number of platforms where you can view films is proliferating all the time; audiences can also watch films in a variety of ways WHEN THEY WANT TO. You can use digital technology to download a film or TV programme onto your mobile phone, laptop, I-Pad or PC; you can watch it on your flat-screen TV; you can also connect your  HD TV to the Internet and watch the film on You Tube; of course, you can see the film on Blue Ray or ordinary DVDs;  some might prefer to watch the film on Playstation or X Box; you could, perhaps, download it on Pirate Bay or other sites and consume it at a time that suits you. Of course the latter is illegal. But is this not how many students get their music these days? How do you think institutions will use technological convergence to reduce the impact of piracy?