- Chris Abraham, president and COO of the social media marketing firm Abraham Harrison in D.C., points to an even earlier film to showcase the struggles directors have in visualizing the world of computers.
The 1983 film War Games actively relied on computers to tell the story of a teen trying to prevent thermonuclear war.
“They didn’t understand how transparent the Internet was. Every time they tried to convey something, they’d voice over their own typing,“ Abraham says.
By comparison, the using of blogging as a plot point makes the director’s job a little easier.
“Many blogs are a ship’s log of what’s happening it the real world,” Abraham says. “It’s easier to convey a blogger’s story than a writer’s story.”
Abraham, who also blogs, says the very act of blogging can be a personal affair. Many bloggers work alone, late at night or perhaps in a café, which makes capturing them at the keyboard even tougher for a film director.
- In July 2009, Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law undertook a research study to gain nationally-based insight on how business leaders view social media and its role in their organizations. Included in this free report:
