I guess they do apply to barriers that keep videobloggers from working on longer documentary projects... But more directly, these thoughts arose from conversations about why lots more people weren't making videos about things outside themselves - in their local communities, say. Both videobloggers and just ordinary people. Even in short web-based videoblog format or on YouTube.
On 4-Sep-09, at 12:18 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > This all just comes back full circle for me what I was talking > about in > the > > video conference - how do we bridge the gap between documentarians > and > > videobloggers? > > And to flip it around....what barriers keep videobloggers from > working on > longer projects like documentarians? > Rupert and I were just talking about it and he sent me this list ( > http://videoblogginggroup.pbworks.com/Barriers): > > - 1) having an idea that you want to put energy into > - 2) asking permission / rejection - the fear that people will not > want > someone videoing them and/or publishing it online > - 3) respect/authority - the fear that people will ask who the fuck > you > are, and why they should talk to you. "Um, i have my own videoblog > that's > watched by, like, *dozens* of people!" > - 4) self-consciousness - most people feel awkward about filming > themselves, and feel awkward filming anything in public, or in front > of > other people, because they're drawing attention to themselves > especially if > they haven't asked permission > - 5) law - with the police harrassing photographers & videographers > everywhere, the position of legality of filming people and things is > unclear > to most people > - 6) audience - you put all this effort into something, and it'll be > seen > by a few hundred people. to build an audience, you got to keep > plugging > away, and most people are doing it in their spare time - so in a > way, you've > got to have a) an issue or a subject that you're passionate enough > about to > keep pushing. There's a guy who writes an ultra-local blog in my > neighbourhood - shepherdsbush.wordpress.com - and he has been working > hard at it for four years to get 3000 visits a month. it's a real > commitment, and most people are afraid of those kind of commitments. > - 7) the technology - not as much of a barrier as it used to be, but > still requires a level of confidence to follow a project through > from start > to finish - even a home movie. > - 8) fear of failure - what if it's shit, or boring, or no one watches > it? > > I must give filmmakers and documentarians quite a bit of credit for > investing a ot of time in a project they believe in. Often with no > guaranteed reward. Some of my favorite films probably never made > anyone any > real money....but the cultural capital it created has been enormous. > You do > it because it has to be done. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://jaydedman.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
