At the end of the day it's about what you want to talk about and how many people you want to reach, no?
> -----Original Message----- > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heath > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:30 PM > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Al online viewing booms, the > amateurs give way to big media > > Yes, the small users are driving inovation but sooner or > later the "big guys" take notice and they have money, time > and talent..... > > And again, I am looking at this from the viewer's perspective > and the "average joe".....how many average, everyday people > who go to work, come home, make dinner and sit down in front > of the tube, how many of them are going to watch me talk > about the vloggies or bacon or The Ask a Ninja guy....(who I > love btw) but I wonder, what the "cap" for this medium > is.....how many people will want to watch just > "stuff"....people like to be entertained, bigger is better > and so on......will that attitude change? Because if it doesn't.... > > It's an interesting thought......I know I don't have any > answers, but what else is new.. > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Tames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Interesting article... > > > > I think it's dangerous to put too much faith in the belief > that trends > > and outcomes from the past are a reflection of what is > happening today > > and going to happen tomorrow. I think that there's > a > > significantly different thing going on today in the media and > > entertainment industry than has gone on in the past: end users are > > driving the innovation, and video blogging is a crisp example of > this. > > > > I wrote an article for IMAGINE (a trade magazine that covers film, > > video, and multimedia production in New England) for the Dec'06/ > > Jan'07 issue titled: "Macro Trends in Media and Entertainment," > which > > I subsequently updated: > > > > http://kino-eye.com/2006/09/30/macro-trends-rio2006/ > > Document: Macro-Trends-v2.pdf (PDF, 164 KB) > > > > What do you think of my premise? > > > > I'm planning to release a Version 3 after I add more video sharing > > sites and round out the arguments. I'd love some feedback from > this > > group before I complete a new version of the article. > > > > Regardless of the fact that the large media players will claim a > > large percentage of the total media and entertainment activity on > the > > internet, independent producers (video bloggers, independent > > filmmakers, small organizations, etc) will still have a > percentage, > > and that percentage will be significantly larger than it has been > in > > the past through the hundred year history of cinema, television, > > radio, cable, and now the internet. So personal and independent > media > > will have much more significant access to an audience than it had > > before. > > > > This is a trend near and dear to my heart that I've been tracking > > since 1988 when people were saying the Hi8 camcorder revolution > would > > democratize the media. But I argued with my fellow filmmakers back > > then, access to the tools of production is only 1/3 of the > equation. > > You still need access to marketing to build an audience, and > access > > to distribution. The internet today provides the missing pieces, > it > > fuels word-of-mouth as well as provides an economical distribution > > medium. > > > > David. > > > > David Tames, Filmmaker & Media Technologist > > http://kino-eye.com | 617.216.1096 > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
