The fact is, when you watch an ordinary movie at any regular theater, you have to make sure you're there before the start. Otherwise, you're shaking your head by the time you reach the end of the film. With Internet Movies, this is not the case. If you missed the "first" showing, you can always click the film icon to watch it again, over and over again if you like. This is one terrific advantage that Internet Movies have.
I came across the discussion on interactivity the last time I took the rounds of watching an Internet movie, certainly one well-ingrained habit of mine since I started my post as the Internet movies editor here at Suite101. I went to ApolloCinema.com, which took me to AtomFilms.com to watch a particular movie that caught my attention. To my disappointment, however, AtomFilms would not accept my username and password. I had given the site all the email addresses that I have in order for them to send me my login information but for some reason, it did not recognize any of my email addresses (duh!).
Luckily, not all Internet movie sites require membership as a precondition to watching a film of your choice. That is what brought me to NewVenue.com. About the only thing you need to have before you can watch is Apple's Quicktime Player, which is so easy to download in case you don't have it (hint: it works like RealPlayer). I got into NewVenue's "play mode" in no time, and selected "The Conversation." As it turns out, the short film is a demo about the aspects of interactivity. Trapeze media, as featured at NewVenue claims that "interactivity is a much-ballyhooed and little-explored variant of digital filmmaking." "The Conversation," as an excerpt from "Volt" showcases Trapeze Media's devotion to interactive storytelling, "by offering multiple camera angles and story lines to create a multilayered experience."
"Volt" is now in its sixth television season in keeping with the TV network's thrusts of building a new interactive broadband entertainment experience. Says Trapeze: "We all wanted to create a new environment for the audience where they could navigate with their wits and intuition."
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