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The Storyteller’s Box

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The onslaught of new cameras and technology can be daunting. If we are to survive this tumult and tell compelling stories, we must accept to some extent the steady bombardment of new formats, cameras, sensors, and all the rest. We’ve chosen this medium for our livelihood (or serious avocation), and so we must remember the business of video storytelling should be fun even in the face of unrelenting madness. At times, I feel like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove1 cackling atop the A-bomb hurtling to earth. At least we should enjoy the ride to our mutually assured destruction!

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Go ahead! Enjoy the ride! ...

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