With all due (and serious) respect to Michael and everyone else, perhaps we take ourselves a little too seriously?
Sure, videoblogging in general is important as an _expression_ of the fact that EVERYONE can "make TV". There is real power in that, and as a phenomenon it will have major impact on the world.
But, to be honest, when we look at individual vlogs, most of us (myself included) aren't that good at making TV. There's a reason why the folks in Hollywood get paid the big bucks: they're professionals.
Over time, some of us will learn to make equally compelling content. But most of us are playing to niche audiences, and always will. I know that my videos are mostly interesting to my friends and family, people who like to look at images of Italy, Indians nostalgic for rumali roti, and a few other very small categories. That's fine with me. I'm making them mostly for fun and to see what I can do with the medium, not to prove a point or gain a large audience.
There's nothing wrong with being out on the long tail, but we shouldn't feel dissed when someone points out that that's exactly where we are. My niche media may not appeal to you or yours to me, but we can each be sure that it appeals to someone out there.
Most of us would agree that 99% of the "entertainment" available to us today is crap (though we don't all agree on which 1% is the good stuff). That proportion isn't going to change just because there's more of us making it.
On 11/22/05, Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And it's not like it was just one comment that was just not worded as
well as he would have liked. He does it over and over again. It's
got to stop. But read the other thread. Andrew doesn't see a
problem here. He says he stands by everything he's said.
Personally, I worked too hard and I've watched many of you work too
hard to have to put up with that crap. It would be one thing if he
was just voicing his personal dislike of a particular thing. But for
the creator of the most downloaded videoblog to, time and time again,
dismiss most of the rest of us every time he gets interviewed, well
that's got to do some damage. Don't you think?
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Deirdré Straughan
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www.tvblob.com (work)
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