August 18, 2006
11 Cameras - Lights, Camera, VoIP
Word is that in Canada, on the CBC government-run TV network, is a new show called 11 Cameras. The concept of the show is centered around lives lived online, where the main characters communicate with each other primarily through video-calling software: VoIP with video. Although the term VoIP is never referred to, nor is "software" mentioned.
You can see the episodes online. (Internet Explorer only, and content not available in all countries.) I'm just not sure it's worth the time. While CBC has award-winning shows much of the time, 11 Cameras certainly cannot be one of them.
The acting is dreadful, the camera angles one-sided, the setup and plotline one-dimensional. What do you expect from a show where the TV viewer sees a computer screen and a few video call windows? That's pretty much all you see, with each character staring straight into their presumed webcam (and one security camera in a variety store).
It might be okay to date via VoIP, but watching people carrying on with their boring lives from one camera angle? Unh-unh. Advice to CBC programming directors: can the show or maybe you'll see "you've got (angry) mail" on your computer screen. If this is the future of million-channel Internet TV, I don't to be part of it.
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