--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
As someone who posts 10-13 minute episodes/week, I can see the positive angle of having shorter posts. Although it's nice to have a show format, some people don't like downloading such large files... I know a lot of technophobes who freak out when they notice something downloading to their computer without their permission. As a result, I think it's easier to reach a wider audience if you have a shorter vlog. > 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. > I agree... I'm sure the demand will go up as more people start to watch them on their TVs, but a few problems we will face is hosting, size/speed of download and content (with amateur video, it's more entertaining to deliver a certain amount of content in a smaller period of time than to drag it out... only Sergio Leone truly knew how to drag out the moment without boring people to death!). It would really suck if videoblogs became so lengthy that they started being more like podcasts... two guys talking about stuff and drinking beers in front of a camera. I think part of the attraction of videoblogs is that they _are_ usually quite brief and to the point (not unlike Samurai doctrine). Perhaps once advertizing makes more of its way into videoblogging there will be more of a demand (and a realistically funded way) to create longer shows. The hardest part of making my show so long is not the amount of work that is involved... it's that I have to work a full time job to support the 'hobby'. If funding was provided, making a longer show would be easy. Kitka http://www.kitkast.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/
