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Videoblog Revolution
mr_don't writes "Not too long ago Slashdot featured a post about photoblogs. It claimed that photoblogging is the next big thing, but really it has been around a while (notice how lots of folks posted a link to their photoblogs!). I think the next big thing will be VideoBlogging. Many have seen Peter Jackson's cool King Kong Video Blog, but you don't need whole a camera crew to blog using video. My made-on-linux video blog."
Demandmedia is a collaborative video blog, based on the Scoop collaborative engine, users submit links to cool grass roots produced videos from around the 'net and users vote on which ones they like. Most of the video is of interest to those on the left end of the political spectrum.
I can't believe no one else is catching this...
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"Captain's Log, Stardate blah blah blah blah blah..."
We're actually moving toward logging our days into a computer, and then when something goes wrong, investigators come in later and go through our personal logs to see what happened in the days leading up to.
Life is becoming one large, pathetic 'Trek episode.
God, I'm a geek.
(You made me wonderfully and perfectly so...I think?
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
Seriously, whose life is 1) so exciting that video clips are required for full appreciation and 2) not too exciting to have enough time to record the whole thing on video?
The things that I do are exciting for me. They might also be exciting for others in my family or my circle of friends. Remember that blogs are nothing more than an online diary which may or may not be intended for others.
If you don't think that someone's life is important then what the fuck are you doing reading through their blog? Go to another more interesting section of the web and ignore their page all together.
Me? I'm happy to have a photographic account of what happened on some random night.
Considering that about 12-13 million people are regularly tuning in every week to see pointless pastiche like "Two and a Half Men" and "Survivor! VANUATU!!!" I'd say that lowest common denominator media has a long way to go before it's dead. Also, it's great that things like these will give voice to bright new talent, but that's the thing, it has to be bright new talent. Just because you've got an XL2 and a working knowledge of Premiere doesn't mean you're going to make anything I'd like to see.
However, I am a very strong believer that porn is the quickest adopter of anything in media. Considering that the adult industry's monopoly is headed by a few big players (Vivid Video, Hustler as well, I presume), there's still a lot, a lot, and I mean, A LOT of adult amateur* content on the web. Still, the monopolies exist. However, the cheap barrier to entry (a digital camera, $1000, and some desperate women {PG-13 work safe}) has created interesting new developments that "old media" probably couldn't have thought of, i.e. BangBus and all the other gimmicky gonzo websites.
So my guess is we'll be seeing a lot of this coming up.
* Literally.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
I'm sure I'm summarising someone else's comments here but I can think of loads of reasons why this simply won't work/goes against blogging principles: 1) Expensive (broadband, camcorder, etc.) 2) It's slow 3) It's hardly something you can just dip into - you have to dedicate a certain amount of time to a video blog. 4) It's less of an impromtu note or comment, more of a staged medium. Actually, I have this issue with all video- I really don't see why Joe Blog has much reason to record video- I'm (un)forunately in the wonderful world of retail selling digital cameras/camcorders and the like, and whilst I'm happy to mention the great video modes some of the digital cameras offer (50 sec shorts), I really have a hard time selling camcorders because I just can't the point. Good quality video takes all the expertise and time that an audio track, comic strip and short-story takes to produce- but tripled. Unforunately few people bother to put this much effort in, meaning that most of the world produces rubbish that they watch once (maybe twice) and then archive to be lost. I'm all one for holding onto memories, but video diaries seem pointless to me- better a snapshot here, a few words there, and a thought, rather than five minute sequence of titles, cheesy music/low quality banter and inane smiling. (Sorry to sound so cynical!)
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency (Eugene McCarthy)
imo, a vidblog is better when it's more artsy and less bloggy, but there are different camps out there
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