I watched Steve Jobs Keynote at MacWorld and thouroughly enjoyed his presentation. He's really great at what he does.
The new iMac page is up at apple.com.
The Time Cover Story: Flat-Out Cool.
The new machine bears an uncanny resemblance to Luxo Jr.-the fun-loving, computer-animated swing-arm lamp that starred in a short film by Pixar, the fabled computer-animation studio that Jobs runs. (Pixar creative chief John Lasseter has also made the first new iMac ad.) It looks alive.PreProduction.
To start I'll need a new iMac, a video camera, an iPod, a digital camera and a bunch of cute kids.
Filming.
Then I'll take them outside and we'll capture a lifetime of memories and then I'll send them back.
Production.
Next, I'll load all my memories into my new iMac while listening to my iTunes. iPhoto will automagically load in all my digital photos. I'll have iPhoto create a web page, and have Kodak print out a huge photo of the cutest kid and get that one matted on a posterboard. Next, I'll edit all my favorite moments into a three minute video, adding real time dissolves and text using iMovie 2.
Post Production.
I'll contact some recording artisits to see if I can use their music on my movie, then lay down some audio as a backing track. I'll record some voiceovers to add to the story, but not too much that it would take away from the beauty of the moment. Next I'll burn everything to my DVD using my Superdrive and mail it off to the Sundance Film Festival.
Whew!