I used to think this. But I'm getting away from it now. I like long videos if they are compelling. Drivetime is a good one that is long, as is The Pan. Nathan Miller has been posting 10 minute episodes lately and it's still not long enough for my wife, who is not a techie or a big vlog watcher. Also I wish "This or That" would stop cutting up theirs into 5 minute chunks and post entire shows. But maybe it's a bandwidth issue for them. And I've been toying with the idea of switching to a longer format too.
I also think that the demand for longer video blog posts will go up as more people start to watch them on their TV's--and that's starting to happen as more people plug Mac Minis and Windows Media Centers into their tubes. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "hpbatman7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have noticed a lot of short="good" what is considered "short" > under 5 minutes? > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Bryant" > <mortaine@> wrote: > > > > On 3/10/06, hpbatman7 <heathparks@> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > That's interesting..........funny is important to me as well but > not > > > as important as I orginaly thought. And sometimes I like ordinary > not > > > everyday but I find it interesting meeting new people, maybe > that's > > > why I kinda like "the ordinary", but I agree that after a > while...... > > > > Yes, when I started, I liked watching everything, because it was > > endlessly fascinating to watch strangers' lives. I'm more selective > > now. I still subscribe to a bunch of vlogs that I don't watch much > of. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > I would think the opposite would be true, at least for me, and > don't > > > you think that in a way you do get to know people from there > vlogs? > > > Especialy if they do share their lives. > > > > I do, which is why I subscribe to vlogs that I don't watch. I > > subscribe for a while, decide if I'm watching them regularly enough. > > If not, then I eventually take them off my main vlog subscriptions. > > > > Oh, and I'd second the "short = good" comment. The longest vlog I > > subscribe to is Icenrye, and I have to say, I think it could be > about > > 1/4 the length. Frequently, a lot of it (20 minutes or more) is him > > just talking to the camera, which could be done just as well in text > > or even audioblog format on the site, and then save the video > download > > MB's for the stuff that's actual video. BUT, I keep it as an example > > of "long-format videoblogging." Unfortunately, it takes a very long > > time to download, and for power settings reasons, I can't just > leave > > my downloads running overnight. > > > > --Stephanie > > > > -- > > Stephanie Bryant > > mortaine@ > > 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/
