On 17 Nov 2006, at 23:40, Steve Watkins wrote: > Also quite a number of them seemed to be English or British, and I > wonder if they could of been influenced by the fact that we've had > quite a few TV shows over the years that have featured 'ordinary > people' who are given a videocamera and make a video diary. Obviously > television imposes more constraints, but the end results often had a > simialr sort of intensely personal, intimate, connection between > viewer and the person pouring out their soul to the lens. I do not > know how much any UK TV versions of such things could of influenced > people really, and I dont know whether there have been many > widel-watched TV equivalents in the USA over the years, so I dunno how > wrong I am, just rambling really.
I am thinking that this whole concept is a little behind over here, so much so that it is only just recently that Youtube has been mentioned on Mainstream TV and Radio and it seems any kid with a mobile phone and computer can access myspace, there is also the time element over here, it is still really uncool to spend a lot of time in front of the internet rather than being in front of the TV. Also video blogging over here, ie putting video onto a site, requires that the person has a super inflated ego, something that is not so British, we being the reserved sort. And you are right, over here Reality TV rules, top shows include BIg Brother, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Wife Swap etc. So there must be some sort of coalition between the two. However some news in, Channel 5 news is now asking for Your News, a segment for the end of the evening news where budding journo's with video cams or mobiles can shoot a piece of video informing of some local news to them, these are exciting times for us British, pity no one will read this or comment. Paul Knight [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
