The Cameraman

A television experiment. Cartoonist Chris Ware teams up with his animator, John Kuramoto, to make a cartoon version of a true story. Jeff Potter tells the story to host Ira Glass: about an art project, a bunch of first-graders, and how being behind the camera can rob you of your humanity even if the camera's not real. Chris and John supply the visuals.

[@EmerySmith]

Thanks for the reminder that viewing requires responsibility to act upon what we see and know. Observing is not the end of the story.

[@rickbusinessman]

Chris Ware and This American Life? This is relevant to my hipster interests.

[@BigPictureInc2022]

This is a good reminder for us producers

[@cyclone927]

Great vid, It reminds me of all this Reality Shows where people are fighting and they just let the fight happen for a while...unless somebody gets seriously injure and then you see the staff coming in.

[@Twefrence]

wow, never thought a cartoon could be so deep. It's true, nowadays it's all about trying to film everything, we no longer take actions to it...

[@JQuadGMono]

maybe instead of "lost our humanity" maybe we've just been exposed to more of it.

[@maliakitten]

Love it. Great story.

[@thetalkingshrub]

I don't think you can blame this wholly on the fake camera. Sure, they make it seem a lot more extreme, but this is actually a common occurrence -- a phenomenon known as "diffusion of responsibility." This kind of thing happens all the time with people without cameras in their hands. The fact that this was a bunch of 5th and 6th graders makes this even more true.

[@kjimho]

i love the "TOTALLY 100% TREND" animation

[@SeanintheShire]

Nicely done!

[@encliticcopula]

Recently, I went to see a band play. Though the crowd liked the band, I was the only one dancing. The others were too busy texting, tweeting, filming or taking pictures of the group.
I think our generation has stopped experiencing life. We're too busy reporting it.

[@DanMirceaSuciu]

"The Cameraman" featured on '...in 3 animated shorts' blog

[@ursala23]

that was great!
but it cuts off at the end:(
mr ware, and mr kuramoto, you make a very interesting point!

[@sinceyoudied]

@ursala23 They just did the animation. Jeff Porter told the story to Ira Glass

[@clarepies]

awhh that was really good :)

[@omgitsmeggCX]

What do you use for your animations? [:

[@pipzaman123]

The start of UFC...

[@gardenofQuran]

nice

[@tuss4]

Second!

[@dannyocean853]

FIRST!

[@chrisstens666]

how terrible! poor bill nye.