Stupid Entry #50332401

While scrolling through ThisLife.org I came across a radio show titled What I learned from TV. During the course of this show the host said that due to competing outlets (cable, internet, dvd) Television in the past few years has moved away from the tired and true format and in the process we have seen TV shows that never would have aired 20 years ago. I think that this is very true, but really only applies to the other markets (not broadcast TV). Most of the non conventional shows that have thrived have been on cable, and while others have found new life in DVD after they have died and been canceled. This got me thinking (albeit briefly) about the future of experimental film. I know nothing of the experimental film scene and couldn't care less about it, but where does it go from here? I struggle some to grasp and enjoy some of the work we have seen, 'cause for me film has always and will always be rooted in character and story; furthermore I tend to get this feeling from the film department here at UWM that there is a clear line between experimental and traditional film, and that there HAS to be a clear line between the two. This line I find rather funny because if you scan the extremes of both traditional and experimental film you will find that both tend to shun character and story and that both tend to focus on the spectacle (whether that spectacle be cgi effects, or an abstract idea). We have seen what can be possible if an artist decides to take it in the opposite direction (the viewmaster thing...though I don't consider this film) .So, as I asked earlier about the direction of experimental film, I think that its future shouldn't be in opposite direction of traditional film, but in the same direction, possibly the two could discover a happy medium.