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00:00 “Wired In” title 00:23 “USB Program Advisory: Wired In Video Demo” 1:00 Wired In Opening, starting with Bill Murray intro, “Look Out! Here comes Wired In! I’m outta here.” 1:20 Lily Tomlin appears in front of a Pac-Man arcade game. She calls herself a “Pac-Man Freak” and jokingly tells of how she became an addict and woke up one morning on the floor of an arcade. 2:05 Excerpt #1: R… Continue reading →
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00:00 “Wired In” logo image on the computer screen. Filmmakers discuss and take various shots of the “Wired In” homepage and logo. 17:50 Tape cuts out for a few minutes 19:17 One minute “spot” for “Wired In” with an explanation of how it is a new multimedia service, combining a television program and web-based resources. This segment features cameo appearances by Bill Murray and Lily Tomlin. 22:2… Continue reading →
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00:00 This tape begins with a countdown and slate. 00:22 Cut to a compilation of footage from the movie Battlestar Galactica. We watch as a fleet of spaceships fly through the galaxy. This lasts for several minutes. 07:54 Cut to footage from the Star Trek movies. We watch as a number of spaceships fly through the galaxy. Both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy appear in the footage briefly. This lasts for several minutes. 12:02 Cut to footage fr… Continue reading →
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00:00 This tape begins with color bars and tone. 00:21 The children continue to talk about people’s fears of computers. The children talk about their likes and dislikes of computers. 02:52 The filmmakers interview another child about her experiences with computers. The girl timidly talks about how she ended up taking a computer course at the Learning Circuit. She talks about some of the skills she’s acquired and how she might apply t… Continue reading →
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00:00 Color bars 00:44 Opening shot of police car outside the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department. 02:15 Interview with an executive at Atari who talks about legal implications with the advent of technology and home computers. He comments on copyright laws and the emerging trend toward piracy with copyrighted materials such as video games or other software. He uses the example of photocopying a book at the library to illustrate this,… Continue reading →
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00:00 This tape begins with color bars. 00:36 Cut to a shot of a number of children playing computer games at the Learning Circuit. We watch as the children play numerous computer games with one another. This lasts for several minutes. 06:03 One of the filmmakers interviews a couple of children about their likes and dislikes of the machine. The children talk about some of the skills that they’ve attained and how they will use those skills… Continue reading →
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00:00 This tape begins with color bars. 00:36 Cut to a shot of four children sitting in front of a row of computers. The filmmakers continue to interview the children about their experiences with computers and how they will evolve in the future. One child believes that the world will become more confused with computers as they make their way into modern society. Other children talk about some of their favorite computer games. This lasts for seve… Continue reading →
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00:00 This tape begin with color bars. 00:36 Cut to a shot of a group of children sitting in front of a row of computers. The filmmakers go down the line, interviewing each child about their experience with computers. One child talks about his liking computers more than teachers: “I like computers better than teachers because they don’t scream at you and they don’t give you five minutes like my teachers always did.” Anoth… Continue reading →