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Content questions for a new era?
Was watching an internet thing about author William Gibson and stumbled onto this guys YouTube channel.
Found it fascinating. I haven’t really seen anything like this on TV outside a local TV show that aggregates the top stuff off the web.
This is different, to my thinking.
It’s personal commentary from a hipster host assembled with rapid fire net imagery into a “channel” perhaps seeking to build an audience base using a contemporary form of semi-kenetic video collage.
It’s also interesting because part of what he’s talking about is how this new user generated content is competing in a parallel space with traditional content – noting that the internet memes about stuff like rhythmic gymnastics at the recent olympics actually may have gained MORE viewers on the web then the events themselves.
Don’t know quite what to think about it, but I though I’d put it out there for comment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNBOkp346G8&feature=relmfu
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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Interesting thoughts, I’m not sure this competes or is any sort of threat to what we all do though.
Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure” -
He uses “technological singularity” and elevates that to “cultural singularity” but simplified further (since humans are the ones sharing and populating the web with all their “yuck”) I posit:
Superficial Human Singularity
Until it evolves to a state that actually contributes positively to the human condition, whereas it can be named simply:
Human Singularity
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
Founder/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Its a poor argument framed with slight of hand. There’s no “singularity” here. Because memes appear to the casual viewer to–poof–appear out of nowhere, does not mean that they do. The memes are not being created by “the Internet,” even though that might appear to someone to be the case, but are actually the byproduct of millions of sweaty human hands, thinking that their friends will think what they are doing is funny. That is an obvious fact, but the guy jumps right over it.
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[Chris Harlan] “but the guy jumps right over it.”
I must ressurrect this in all of its relevancy:
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Hee hee. You know, he could double as the for the X in FCP X.
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[Bill Davis] “It’s personal commentary from a hipster host assembled with rapid fire net imagery into a “channel” perhaps seeking to build an audience base using a contemporary form of semi-kenetic video collage.”
Funny that insightful video brilliantly wrapped-up just like zillions of gossip-magazine-reality-show-vlog-social-media-world-wide-web-style… -Cool story, bro! -Bookmarking! -Now! -NOT!
Here’s a true example of extraordinary user input on youtube [irony off]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0&feature=share&list=UUOGeU-1Fig3rrDjhm9Zs_wg
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Since my point seemed to escape some – I didn’t post this as a “look at how brilliant these ideas are” deal. I posted it because I’m interested in, and trying to track a bit about what video is “becoming” on the web.
This piece interested me because its an example of two things. It represents how low the barrier has become regarding the ability for any individual to access an audience. (Everyone here can see it at will, at no additional cost.)
And how it relies on nothing more than a sophisticated use of “home made” video technology. It’s got more structure and intent then the average cat video (tho nothing wrong with those – people love cats and have every right to express themselves too) but doesn’t rely on anything the modern consumer laptop can’t do.
It’s modern video as a personal platform rather than as one the REQUIRES a business or corporate budget and therefore a management vetting to exist.
The thing that’s struck me MOST about this posting experiment, is how everyone appears to be concentrating on the CONTENT rather than issues of production. Which just means that we’ve fully entered an era where a DSLR and laptop can create content indistinguishable from standard classic TV production – and that we’re truly down to content quality being remaining separator – rather than access to specialist tools.
That’s all it is. Nothing more or less. A nascent new environment developing with the potential to aggregate an audience.
Period.
Appreciate the comments from all.
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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[Bill Davis] “Since my point seemed to escape some – I didn’t post this as a “look at how brilliant these ideas are” deal. I posted it because I’m interested in, and trying to track a bit about what video is “becoming” on the web.
“So, your point is that a video like this is somehow new?
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I feel like it would fail the Harding Test.
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Crikey! A seizure-inducing Internet with no Harding test to stop it. I’ve always wondered whether there was an actual series of seizures that the Harding was developed to stop, or whether its always been a better-safe-than-sorry hypothetical. Any of you Brits have hard Harding evidence?
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