Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Kate Modern
Kate Modern isnt your average streaming video blog. Although it appears to be the narratives of several young people and their daily accounts it is in fact all scripted, a reality tv show of sorts. This however isnt your ordinary reality tv show, the viewer has a lot more power and is able to sit in the script writer's seat. Kate Modern offers a convoluted interactive plot. Each episode leaves the viewer clues to solve the many mysteries revolving around the show. The forum allows fans and viewers to leave input which the producers take into account when creating the future episodes. Kate Modern as well as its precursor Lonelygirl15 both have gathered a huge following. It is easy to see why, although the episodes are only a few minutes in length they offer you something that tv series cannot, you can actively participate. I believe that Kate Modern is a revolutionary form of entertainment, and is also more beneficial than regular tv. When you watch tv, you dont need to think, you just simply soak in what it gives you. Whereas, with Kate Modern and LG15 you can actually put your mind to work, and think for yourself of new plot twists that might be interesting for the show. Not only that, but you can try to use the clues provided within the episodes and try to solve the mysteries.
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Since people want more and more new things, every company desires to create new products to fulfill people’s wants and needs. When new products or events have been promoted, people must purchase them and participate in them. Kate Modern and LG15 are two of the examples. They are new entertainments for people who don’t have time to watch the TV show. These two video blogs fulfill people’s desires by participating in a well-known show and talking with the characters in the play. I think these two TV shows are very creative that makes audience to enjoy and involve together. Although the plot is not very interesting (for me), they still are successful online communities; at least they attract a lot of people to watch.
Kate Modern and LG15 are the very examples of entertainments for the newest internet generation. As people keep on going and going watch all these episodes, they interact with each other online at the same time by post their comments and thoughts to solve the mysteries. I don't see any problem for people involve in this game so much, as long as they are having fun with it, who cares if it's fake or not. In another sense, internet users will use their knowledge to develop more and more stuff to do in the future. That can't be a bad thing.
I think these kind of communities are great because they give you some kind of control over the plot making you feel part of it. Also their themes of their " shows" are from real life so the public can relate to them easily.
I agree with melody, LG15 is a new generation of entertainment for the new generation, our generetion. Since the technology developed so much in past years, a new kind of fun developed with it. The best part in it is that you can interact, which makes it even more attractive and more antertaning.
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