Here's the scenario: I've finished shooting material for tomorrow's vlog, but I haven't edited it. It's dinner time. It's so much easier to let "American Idol" wash over me while I eat than to seek out new material on the Internet because I'm not well set up for the latter, while I've got a TV in my kitchen where I dine and I just want to plotz and relax and not do anything for a few minutes. Okay, a few minutes turns into a few too many and then into a half-hour, but I want to just sit and digest and drink my coffee before I get up to edit and Idol will be over in fifteen minutes at this point which serves as a sort of milepost that I can use to hoist myself back into action at the computer for editing. It doesn't matter that Idol is in its 5th year and the format is stale and the forced relationships between the superficial characters is hackneyed. It's on when I sit down and nothing else better is on and 4 of the women sing pretty damn well anyway. So what if Ryan Seacrest has the charm of an organ grinder's monkey; it's on. So I suffer a stultifying program that anesthetizes me a little more every time I passively consume it and diminishes my artistic and social vigor bit by bit. I do this because of conditioning, because I'm accustomed to it, because it's easier than alternatives and because I'm not interested in watching Internet footage of teenagers skateboarding. I'm not interested in watching adults skateboard either, by the way. I don't find watching skateboarding interesting. And, anyway, I'm not well set up to watch Internet video while I sit and eat. So that's part of what anyone producing video for the Ineternet (whether it's art, comedy, news, etc), is fighting. Meanwhile, check the time stamp on this post. I just finished writing tomorrow's show. And the most viewed show on Ifilm is of two adolescent girls kissing. Well at least they're not skateboarding while they kiss.
-David A man alone. Around the world. The smallest boat. A world record. www.capatainhumphreys.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, robert a/k/a r > <robert.videoblogging@> wrote: > > > > I completely agree with Josh, re-posting the intellectual property of > > others is wrong. > > > > It is. But most of the postings are personal moments that mean things > to a those of similar interests. Looking right now at lastest posts > on YouTube I find: > > "The Worm" - a kid squirming like a worm in tha back of a classroom. > Hilarious to those who are friends and were there. > > "Summit View Documentary" a kid skateboarding with proprietary music. > While the music shouldn't be used, it's a practice that's been > happening in some popular videoblogs. > > "Love" two girls and a guy driving in a car, listening to music while > he holds the camera out in front of them from the back seat. They're > having fun and grooving. > > "iam only one" a rap music video. It's roughly made, but could very > likely be copyrighted material taken from an artist. > > "ii SED WAZZ GOOD" is two girls playing at hip hop recorded on > probably a camera phone -- amateur and high spiritied. > > "Mammoth Feb 06" two skiers going down a slope. > > "Big 4" is a skateboarder going over some steps. > > "chueco vs cali el cuarto" is a soccer game that sounds like it's in > Spanish language recorded off TV -- copyrighted material. > > "Me in Pump It Up Dancing, Tashannie - Don't Bother Me" is a kid > recording himself playing a dance videogame with some speed and precision. > > "sk8allDay" has titling, with music by Queen and the camera following > a skater try different challenges. He describes what he's trying to > do. Slow motion is used to emphasize sections. A crowd reacts as he > keeps trying and failing. It ends with the camera coming up to the > upside down skateboard on another failure which he picks up and goes > to try again. > > Of the first ten videos, only one is clearly copyrighted with a second > one probable. The rest are original, amateur works to share with > friends and others with similar intrests. > > -- Enric > -======- > http://www.cirne.com > > > BTW, wasn't this a great video moment? > > > > http://www.apollopony.net/2006/02/frank_zappa_on.html > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > > > > I agree with this... yet I also think there are some cases where > > > "bubbling up" is important. > > > > > > But you are correct that "bubbling up" doesn't satisfy the needs of > > > the individual and their immediate social circle. It doesn't help > > > people share their lives through video. I feel this aspect is being > > > lost.... we need more good examples. Maybe that has to do with my own > > > aesthetic concerns though. I feel like some of that spirit is being > > > lost amidst the wave of lipsyncing teens and plaigarized video. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > On 2/21/06, Peter Van Dijck <petervandijck@> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> On 2/21/06, Michael Sullivan <sulleleven@> wrote: Most > > >>> have agreed, we need to have systems in place to bubble up video. > > >> > > >> My 2c: bubbling popular stuff up is stupid. It's about what YOU want > > >> to see, and MOST of the time, that's *not* popular stuff. If it was, > > >> you would be satisfied gazing at the various youtube/yahoo/aol/mtv.. > > >> video pages. Hey, if it was, you'd watch tv for god sake! > > >> > > >> Forget about bubbling up popular stuff. We haven't nailed finding > > >> video you want to watch, but it's worth trying. It's about what > > >> communities recommend to each other. It's about your friends. It's > > >> about your interests. At least shoot for something better than > > >> "bubbling stuff up". > > >> > > >> Bubbling stuff up is dead. > > >> > > >> Peter > > >> -- > > >> http://mefeedia.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> SPONSORED LINKS > > >> Individual > > > >> Fireant Use > > >> > > >> ________________________________ > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > >> > > >> > > >> Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > >> > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >> > > >> ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
