HAHAHAHHAHA!!! All those nay-sayers should focus on making their own solid and entertaning content. What are they doing now? writing childrens stories???
"I'm watching youse!" Smithie Boho --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Congdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't expect mainstream america to be interested in Amanda UnBoomed, > at least not right now. I'm not convinced that most of America is > interested in that kind of content-- yet. Amanda UnBoomed is my > project that I work on whenever I have time and for my own amusement. > > Like Josh said, the audiences for Amanda UnBoomed and Rocketboom are > obviously very different. You are talking about two very different > things. UnBoomed is niche (mainly my viewers are other videobloggers > and my friends and family), while Rocketboom is more mainstream. > > I think personal videoblogs are interesting, Ryan, including yours. > But I do feel that mainstream (mainstream meaning people who are not > involved with all these new forms of expression: blogs, podcasts, > vlogs) folks have a difficult time wrapping their heads around > personal videoblogs-- at least at this early point in this medium's > existence. My hope is that this will change. > > Rocketboom can help to facilitate that change by bridging the gap > between TV and videoblogs. It's a starting point for a lot of people > when they first try to get into this medium. And it's a format that > they are familiar with because of TV. My hope with Rocketboom is > that when people new to videoblogging watch it, it will inspire them > to watch all types of other videoblogs. I want people other than > bloggers, podcasters, and other videobloggers to watch videoblogs. > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, ryanne hodson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > my dad handed me this article from the AP > > that ran on May 9th. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/bxltr > > > > love this quote by amanda: > > > > "We wanted to have a creative video blog that would be palatable," > she > > says. "A lot of the video blogs out there are by someone in their > > bedroom, half-awake. Mainstream America is not going to want to > watch > > that. We wanted to get people watching stuff online, to get people > > interested in this new medium." > > > > > > mainstream america is not going to watch that....but what is > mainstream america? > > and whose video blogs would she be refering to? > > most of the people i see making videoblogs are amazing creative > people > > who have something to say... > > but then again "mainstream america" > > doesnt want to watch someone and their boyfriend go to the mall? > > doesnt want to watch someone and their boyfriend eat a pizza? > > doesnt want to watch someone and thier boyfriend play with their > cat? > > because thats what i've seen amanda create > > and i for one am interested in those things. > > > > i just dont get it. this quote is throwing me for a loop here. > > > > -- > > ~Ryanne Hodson~ > > Start a Free Videoblog...Right Now > > freevlog.org > > -------------- > > -transcending traditional media- > > http://ryanedit.blogspot.com > 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/
