A bit of a ramble inspired by this thread: These days you can just DO IT. Whatever 'IT' is.
Wanna act? Then act. You can't sit around your house wanting to act, or talking to friends and family about how much you wanna act, you must DO IT. All the time. The firsit step is to ask lots and lots of questions. When I teach guitar, the first lesson is to keep the instrument with you wherever you go. To work. To play. To sleep. Wanna make media? Do it. Same lesson applies. Making high-production-value media requires collaboration. Collaboration requires scheduling, travel, planning, blah, blah, and is by definition more expensive, if only in terms of the time it takes to communicate. Now you can do it all by yourself and not have to rely on anyone but yourself to be there in the pinch. High production values are attractive to viewers, but producers have choices. You may play into viewers' expectations ($), disregard them (long-tail following of 20), or teach audiences to appreciate the streamlined beauty of lo-fi. Popularity? It sucked in highschool. Sux now. That's one reason I don't support traditional contests and awards. Speaking of which, just visited the Network2 site's rules for their big contest. http://pulver.com/contest/rules.html Really like the submission process. Based on that alone, I might just enter. Way to go, guys. Jan On 2/15/07, leesarbarnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "humancloner1997" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I couldn't agree more with Schlomo on this one. Vlogging removes > > the "gatekeepers" but traditional media tries to trap new talent. > > When you buy into "them", you won't feature the really interesting, > > different and fabulous things in your own life because you have been > > brainwashed to think "most popular" is best. > > New talent is trapped, not by traditional media, but by their limited > thinking. > > Case in point - I met an actress about a month ago at a photo shoot. I > go into a studio once a year to get professional pictures done. I love > the camera, but the whole of act of cheesing in front of one for hours > on end is too rigid for my taste. > > So, I met this young woman who's an aspiring actress. And I use the > word aspiring loosely as she's still trying to get her first gig. > > She was complaining that she couldn't find an agent to represent her > and just couldn't get any breaks. Of course, my video podcasting hat > goes on and I start telling her about the benefits to her career if > she starts one. > > That if she could put together a show and broadcast it over the > internet, she could amass a following. That people who show that they > have a following are 10x more likely to get their break on TV (these > are my made-up stats, so don't quote me). > > I told her about Amanda and gave her a Canadian example, Amber > MacArthur - both women who used podcasting to jump start their careers > in mainstream media. > > This wanna-be aspiring actress couldn't wrap her mind around what I > was saying. She was still asking me about casting agents. She thought > I was her connection to Hollywood - wow! > > So, I broke it down. I asked her what makes her different from all the > other wanna-be actresses out there. She couldn't answer me (okay, > there's her first problem). I then asked her what would look more > attractive to a casting agent - a wanna be actress with a pretty smile > or a wanna be actress with a pretty smile and a following of 3-million > online fans? > > Can you believe it, but she still didn't get it. She was asking me if > I knew of any video podcasters that could get her to Hollywood. Like I > mean, pay her way, put her up in a hotel and connect her with all the > cool people in Hollywood. I nearly laughed. If only she knew ;) > > The Internet in general and video podcasting in particular puts the > power of distribution in the hands of many, but sadly, people like > this actress will claw away at scarce resources because they can't see > beyond the traditional path. > > ---- > Thanks, > > Leesa Barnes > Website - http://www.leesabarnes.com > Blogsite - http://podonomics.com > Creator - http://www.planakillerpodcast.com > Organizer - http://podcamptoronto.org > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
