What does make a "good" vlog? Well, to me one thing is clear: if you love what you are doing it will certainly show in your videos.
If your friends are talking about your vlog at a party something must be going right... If the Apple store calls you up and ask you if you are using Final Cut Pro and would like to give a talk about the bloody program... If you are meeting people online, developing this new type of relationship with folks you have never met yet you seem to share the most common interests with...however they might live 7000 plus miles away... If you yourself can actually see your vlog taking shape, becoming something totally different from what it was when you started making videos... Time-video length has become a delicate thing for me recently...7 to 10 minutes can be a lot to ask of a viewer, however as long as you are presenting something that is remarkable...and when I use the word remarkable...I mean people will leave comments, anyhow, thanks to Quicktime, you can jump forward if you find the need...have yet to get a comment that reads, Dear Mr. Bicycle Sidewalk, Your videos are too long, please make them shorter! Nathan Miller http;//www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- missbhavens1969 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To me, short means less than 1.5 minutes. "Standard" > means up to 3.5 minutes (that > sounds more exact than I mean for it to be. It's not > like I sit at my desk with an egg > timer). Past 3.5" and I start wondering...but > sometimes I'm so captivated that I don't notice > the time flying by. Luckily my schedule allows for > rambling daily vlog-watching. There are > a couple of videoblogs things that tie me to my > computer for way longer than 3.5". > > I like shorter posts because it means I can pack > more real-life-artsy-whacko-short-film- > concert goodness into my day all at once. That's > pretty much the only reason. > > Short and sweet. > > Sweet. > > --Bekah > htttp://www/missbhavens/com > > ps: I think your videos are a good length, whatever > that is. I like them so much I never > stopped to wonder or check how much time had elapsed > while watching...maybe THAT'S > the definition of "good". > > > --- 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/
