Video production can be the most
entertaining thing to do. The
preproduction of creating a video is so much fun. From coming up with an appealing subject to
making the script or shot list. Then
comes production and everything starts to come to life and you can see your
thoughts come to life. Finally
post-production comes and you’re seeing your work, like a child, grow in front
of you to become this beautiful, living thing. It can be one of the most
fulfilling experiences. This was by far not the experience I had making a video
about politics.
This video
project was like pulling teeth from my own head. Not matter what I did, nothing
worked and all my ideas came to be scrapped.
I have had a few videos put into film festivals and worked on them for
months and still had more fun doing those than this video. It was like raising a kid the best you
possible can and it still becomes a little brat the gets arrested for being a
deadbeat stoner. Looking at the final product, I can say it came to be
acceptable and I am glad I was able to pull it together.
My
self-portrait has it’s connections to who I am and how I view the power
struggle in todays presidential elections.
You will se that there is a relation of political debates and the
standpoints made to actual fighting. In
a symbolic way, this is meant to show the world that even though the power is
in words, there is still a fight that could be easily connect to a physical
aspect.
As a
communication tool, video has a great way of drawing in viewers much better. Videos are great to get the emotionally
appeal that writing sometimes lacks and the verbal aspect that is absent in
photographs. The message can be stated
in much easier manner. When I am on the Internet, I would much rather watch a
video about a subject over reading something. Videos are made commonly for
How-to videos, because it is much easier to follow than if you were tor write
instructions.
The
advantage to videos online today can be seen in many aspects. One of the most important one, which has been
seen this year, has be about the presidential debates. Videos are almost the majority of what
President Obama has used for his platform, though other social medias have been
used too. His use of video has helped
him to talk directly to his public and to at a personal touch to all of his
beliefs on what he wants to do in his second term. For those who weren’t able
to catch the presidential debates, the New York Times has offered the video to
be watch on YouTube. Videos are a major help for people who find the
information that is given by the news to be bias or misleading. A video of an actual even has much more
credibility than to something that is stated from another source.
YouTube
versus Vimeo is a conflict. So, what the hell is Vimeo? It sounds familiar, but obviously before now
it has been nothing popular. Many people
that seem to follow this site for their videos are doing so because they are
following the “hipster” style that has crossed the nation in a storm. Hipsters
like anything that is uncool and people don’t know about. They think that it’s cool to be uncool.
After
further review of the Vimeo website, it seems that it attracts many artistic
videos. There is an obvious drive made
by the website to fit in the artistic side of video, instead of just creating
videos for the sake of making videos.
Pros to
Vimeo are few for those of us who are broke, but they offer the ability to jump
queues for getting your video launched sooner. There is also the belief the
Vimeo offers better quality video on their site, plus much more open
customization. If you don’t like the
pesky logo being your footage, well you can choose to have it removed, unlike
YouTube.
The cons of
Vimeo are many still though, beginning with the lack of monthly traffic that
the site sees. It’s still on a powerful
tool. Like I stated earlier, Only if
you’re a premium member to do you get lucky have some advantage over other
video sites. So open up that wallet if
you want to use this website.
Now it is
time for YouTube. If you’re reading this post and honestly never heard of
YouTube, then please go to the website now and review every single of moment in
life around the world the you missed. The number one place to dump your videos
is going to be YouTube. Whether you are
creating a campaign video or just bitching about your day, YouTube wants you to
share it with the world. Your video
could be the next meme on the Internet!
The pros to
YouTube are commonly seen. The first
being that Google, which owns the webpage, helps to give the site a vast
audience visiting it each day. The account is free for you to get, so you’re
saving your money and there is always the opportunity for you to make some cash
from your videos on YouTube. If you’re a
YouTube sensation, you might be making some cash off of the advertisements that
are placed on your videos. It might not
be a lot but it’s more than you had before.
Here are
some cons to YouTube. The first is the
ability to post whatever you want has made it a dumping ground for some pointless
nonsense. There are some videos that are
absolutely pointless and have nothing worthwhile to be seen from it, but it’s
still on there. Sorting through the junk is like trying to find a DVD in a pile
of other DVDs all marked with the same title.
Videos
online are becoming more and more important.
With more people moving their advertisements to the Internet and people
using it more often to watch their videos on there, it is very important. As
for my video project, I can honestly say that it’ll be up soon and worth
watching if you want to have a nice little chuckle about a political fight.
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