Art on the Internets
bluecoatedstory, a short film by Erik Maahs that was once shown at the now-defunct Shunpike Follies several years ago is now on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The film, as I understand, was inspired by a theater piece from Maah's old theater company, The Compound.
It's a wonderful film, do check it out.
In other web video news, a promising Seattle startup called Footbridge Productions makes movie-trailer-style promos for upcoming local theater pieces.
Talk of using the web to promote theater is as old as the web itself. But only now, with the advent of the social-networking sites dubbed "Web 2.0," and the rise of broadband, is it actually coming to fruition. Theater is a social medium, after all -- a community medium, much more so than film. It will be interesting to see how this develops, but I think we're finally headed in the right direction.