It takes effort on your part to explore it, and there is more reward out of it.įilm goes on without you. An author put it together for you to explore. Want to stick around at a certain part because it really speaks to you? You're free to do it. They usually contain more detail than film, and it is up to you how to consume it. It doesn't take effort on your part to go through this tour, and the pay-off is reduced.īooks are much more self-directed. ![]() A content creator put a film together for a guided tour of their mind. There are some hacks to the medium, like fast-forwarding and skipping ahead or behind by some time unit, but you don't really know what is being missed and you're going ahead blindly. Your only choice is to watch it through, or quit. With a film, you are consuming it on someone else's predetermined schedule. The fundamental difference is how you engage with each medium. (And if those 3D glasses are your idea of cool effects, well, gamers have been “enjoying” glasses-less 3D for 6 years now.) Meanwhile, Pearl is discounting the whole silent film genre. Under our definition of book, books at least can have pictures and STYLE. (I don't recommend doing that because you'd lose the benefit of KoopaTV's rich hyperlinking, unless you print out every page on the site and turn it into a Choose Your Own Adventure book.) A book is any collection of sheets containing printed material, such as a novel, a comic book, or KoopaTV articles printed out and stapled together. A film is any motion picture - such as a YouTube video, a television program, a movie, or elaborate. In short, it is the medium that is closer to playing a game.įirst, let us define film and book to their essence. Through examining the essence of the book versus the essence of the film, I have concluded that the only reasonable choice for a hardcore videogame fan such as myself is to pick Team Book. However, contrary to the request's suggestion (which reads like, “seeing as how you like to be against books, why not write a book for your nonexistent European audience?”), I will, in fact, support Team Book. (I recommend not spilling that coffee on your book.)įilm vs. Like to be against books, why not write one for your audience members there?” “Europe finally got a good Splatfest theme: Film vs Book. It is rare that we'd care given our mostly-American audience, but I also got a request specifically to talk about this: ![]() By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Going to the essence of the mediums.
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