At OSNews we are committed on being geeky. However, "being a geek" does not always constitute a person who just loves technology. There are geeks about literature (who do you think wrote "Shrek"?), and of course, art geeks. This last kind enjoys a new booming lately with the commoditization of HD camcorders. The following editorial includes suggestions on camera choices, video editors and delivery formats, and has HD video samples of hobbyist cameramen that many professionals could be jealous of.
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John Lennon once said, "I'm an artist. You give me a f--king tuba, I'll get you something out of it." (I'm quoting from Martin Scorcese's 'The Departed').
Whole libraries have been written about what art is, and mostly the conclusion is that there's "un-je-ne-sais-quoi" making the difference.
Eugenia clearly states that many amateur videographers have moved from making the straight forward home movie or wedding movie, to sitting down, shooting and editing a movie and putting their creative soul in it, and while doing that, transgressing the limits of their instrument, be it a camera, camcorder, pencil, canvas or a f--king tuba...
Now you bring forward the violinist-argument. Well, it is a historical fact that composers curse musicians, violinists included, for being non-artistic. In the composer's eye, the only true creative genius is the composer himself. But then again, any child can use a pencil and paper, and put black dots and lines down...
Put a monkey behind a typewriter, and he'll write down the complete works of Shakespeare, sonnets included, ...if you wait long enough.
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Yes you can. It's just that you won't be any good with it. Same thing with photography. Any idiot can pick up a camera and start taking photographs. Doesn't mean that the photographs are worth anything aesthetically.