Video, Science, and You
Step into the science lab for a little creativity stimulation. Learn how video reveals the invisible, reaches the inaccessible, preserves the temporary and projects the imaginary.I've just had my head candled like a new-laid egg and the procedure, a CAT scan of my sinuses, which are revolting in both senses, got me thinking about uses for video in science. While the scanner snapped my head in 3mm slices for a computer to stack like Necco Wafers, I was thinking about all the ways video and science can stimulate your creativity. Put your labcoats on and get ready to push your ideas beyond weddings and vacations and all the usual video suspects--we're going to the science lab for a little creativity stimulation.
When you come right down to it, video performs four basic services for science:
- Revealing the invisible
- Reaching the inaccessible
- Preserving the temporary
- Projecting the imaginary.
Summarized in this abstract way, these functions may seem remote and highfalutin'. But each of these abilities can be useful in your own video projects, as we're about to …
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