The good vlog is the "short". Rynaldo Papoy http://theone.castpost.com
--- In [email protected], "Stephanie Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/9/06, hpbatman7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know I am opening a can of worms here (so to speak) and I may > > annoy some people with the question but.........What makes a "good" > > vlog? > > Here's my take on what makes a good vlog (in a nutshell, and yes, this > is my own personal value judgement): > > If it's a personal vlog, a video diary kind of thing, then the person > has to be funny. People are funny in different ways. I think you're > funny in a self-deprecating kind of way (you're a geek, you know it, > and you embrace it). Josh Leo is funny in another way. Michael Verdi > is funny-- though sometimes he kind of frightens me, too. Honestly, if > someone isn't funny, I eventually stop watching their personal vlog. > Why? Well, to be honest, I get enough of everyday people being very > everyday in the rest of my life. > > Caveat: If it's the vlog of someone I've met in person, or gotten to > know elsewhere, then it's automatically interesting enough to watch. > But not necessarily interesting enough to show other people. > > If it's a career vlog, showing a person's work, then it has to be > interesting. Some jobs make better video than others. My job is > basically me sitting on my butt in front of a computer all day-- not > very interesting, which is why I vlog my fish instead. But, for > instance, my mother's job would make great video: she owns a > campground, and every day is a fight against entropy and the red line. > > If it's a hobby vlog, same thing: be interesting or at least > educational. Teach me something about the hobby. Or, give me eye candy > (I love LeanBack Vids' snow vlogs, because I don't have to drive to > the snow-- they show it to me on screen!) > > Actually, I should have made eye candy vlogs a separate item on the > list. Some vlogs are fascinating not by their "Reality TV" style, but > by their art, and I love them for that. > > If it's a promotional vlog for a product or service, then it had > better be both educational and newsbreaking, because otherwise I will > see it as an ad. > > If it's a news vlog, then it should have news, yes, but funny > delivery. The news is too depressing to be received without a smile. > > Educational vlogs teach me about something, like Crash Test Kitchen's > cooking show. > > There are few enough fictional vlogs that the bar is kinda low. For > me, the fiction vlog has to be well-planned and scripted, even if the > execution is a bit amateur. > > Vlogs I don't watch much: > Vlogs about vlogging (I do watch vlogs about video, but that's different) > Vlogs about technology (which usually are vlogs about podcasting/vlogging tech) > Vlogs reviewing vlogs > I wouldn't call them "bad" vlogs, because they are often excellent > vlogs. I am just not the right audience for them, and get a lot of the > same news in text for mere KB here on the list. > > --Stephanie > > -- > Stephanie Bryant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: > http://www.mortaine.com/blogs > 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/
