Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
Encyclopedia
Wax Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film to have been edited on a digital non-linear system
. It is also the first film (independent or otherwise) to have been re-formatted as hypertext
and posted on the internet. The New York Times
recognized the accomplishment, and ran the article "Cult Film is First on the Internet" in its May 23, 1993 business section.
Non-linear editing system
In video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...
. It is also the first film (independent or otherwise) to have been re-formatted as hypertext
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
and posted on the internet. The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
recognized the accomplishment, and ran the article "Cult Film is First on the Internet" in its May 23, 1993 business section.