I completely agree Jay. I've really enjoyed the personal Vlogs I've been watching. Historians will tell you that a lot of what they know about the past--a lot of what they know about how people lived, is because of things that were written by ordinary people. Yeah they read all the official accounts and the press but they really rely on personal accounts to fill in the blanks of a story. So in this way personal video blogs will serve those purposes in the future. And I don't even think that you'll have to wait 100 years for them to be really interesting. In 20 years they'll be facinating. The most popular thing I think that I've posted was a music video that was made by some obscure band in STL in 1981. It probably wasn't considered to be all that interesting at the time it was made. But almost 25 years later it's interesting because of what it documented about a subculture that very little is known about but was a influence on things that came after it. A lot of personal video blogs will be the same way, no doubt.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <http://www.culturalfarming.com/Pineal%20Logic/PL%20movies/I_AM_A- VIDEO_BLOGGER2.mov> > (i cant find the permlink) > > This is a video asking why people just talk into the camera in some videoblogs. > this comes up every so often. > new people come into the fray...and wonder why people arent being more > creative or have more structured "content". > > the video is by a guy in Boston who does this site: > http://www.culturalfarming.com/ > (warning: the media nipple vlog has pictures of nipples eventhough its > about media literacy) > i belive he's coming from a TV background. > > i really like this guy's work. ( i forgot his name) > he brings attention to the absurd and often harmful images/messages > that come through mainstream media. much needed. > > I think his video deserves a response. > first, it always cracks me up when i hear: "real videoblogger". > though the Videoblogging group has some good insight since many of us > have seen it grow from the beginning....no one is real or fake. > from the get-go, we always avoided pushing any kind of format. > we've tried to encourage anyone to do anything. > all we've ever asked is that people make a blog with video enclosures. > soon many other groups will form...each with their own philosophy. > > what I realized was that i could record my life. > unlike many podcasts and all TV shows where I would seek for a large > audience, im bascially making a digital scapbook for myself(in the > future) and my friends. > i look back a year ago...and see how we were gearing up for > Vloggercon...my girlfriend and i had just met...i was living in this > little hole in upper manhattan with a couple of roomates who would > stay up late at night chainsmaking and bitching about the goverment. > my kids will love this. > > In today's traditional media, there are no personal voices. > You have people like Bill Oreilly and Amy Goodman who get to record > and distribute their voices...why not ours? > remember that blogging is built on MANY small voices.... > > i think that the Cultural Farming guy is frustrated because > videoblogging is so young. > more formatted shows are coming....especially now that the video iPod > is being hyped as a delivery device). > but i also like the weird personal vlogs that are almost like i > shouldnt be watching. > like i get to see someone just talk and be. > in 100 years, this will be gold because you will see what people were like. > while in 100 years, some daily show on technology will be curious pop culture. > IMHO > > Jay > > -- > Adventures in Videoblogging > <URL: http://www.momentshowing.net> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/Momentshowing> > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
