Very true that some people are stuck in an old model....but I am not sure how much it can/will change.....mainly because those that HAVE the money, time resouces, etc still MAKE the rules, we have not reached a tipping point yet....I hope we do, but old meadia is not going to change easily and without a lot of bitching and moaning.... ;)
PS Jay, add me on twitter, I can't get your updates anymore ;) Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I see a ton of passion too, and sometimes you get "paid" in other > > ways, like for me I am making some internal commercials for where I > > work. Now, they are not cutting me a check, but....I have filmed on > > the clock and I am going to get comp time for the time at home > > editing (that was my choice I could have taken money, hour for hour) > > so in effect, I DID get paid. Now it wasn't for vlogging but it was > > because I started vlogging that I knew how to edit, film, etc and > > that paid off with this. Now I would love to maybe do some more > > work, who knows. I just know I won't get paid for "Batman Geek" and > > that's cool with me....but maybe because of batman geek, I will get > > paid to do other stuff....who knows.... > > Heath, this is a perfect example of how being creative by making a > videoblogs opens opportunities. > Before I start sounding like a EST instructor, i point to what jeffrey just > said in this thread: > "The problem we are encountering right now is that the culture of business > that sponsors and finances video on the web is completely linear and their > concepts of what videos are are completely past-based. "They" need > terminology that has content fit in boxes of a defined shape and size in > order to survive and to justify the funding of projects, and this poses a > problem for producers that don't want to be confined by those boxes. And > we're seeing many well-intended agreements unravel and many > wonderfully-conceived video projects lose their organic feel and charismatic > nature because of this collision of the linear and non-linear." > > as videobloggers...as creative people making original work in a completely > new media...we need to first ask ourselves what we want. Don't be so quick > to take the couple of financial choices that the established system are > comfortable offering. Remember, the house always wins because they make the > rules. > > Jay > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
