‘New audiences prefer childish diversions’
That line from a clever three-minute video called ‘The News Reel’ describes Hollywood of the 1920s—and the news media today. Watch the video.
As Jim Romenesko recently posted to his blog, Kelly’s video “The News Reels” takes a pessimistic view of the state of media (and its future). Kelly uses the convention of old timey 1920s news reel style to tell the story of a society that’s become obsessed with drivel and cat videos.
Definitely worth a couple minutes of your day:
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