a blog about youtube
youtube is the website of the moment, it’s all everyone wants to talk about. I am even going to talk about it for a bit.
First, my personal view on youtube, is that it is a reflection of a political movement that is happening all across the internet at the moment. The idea of democratizing media, and making it accessible for all or at least more people to tell their story (Stray Cinema very much embraces this idea). I believe that youtube is just an off-cut of this political movement in the film sharing space. It is other things too
Youtube will soon be sharing revenue with their users. As per an earlier blog i wrote, there are already many different websites that allow you to share a profit from the advertising revenue they make on your film. Youtube are just bringing this idea to the masses.
On the flip side of sharing advertising revenue, perhaps this will mean that the quality of content uploaded to youtube will be alot better. Yes in a way that’s great, but I think one of youtube’s strengths is it’s openness to people uploading everyday things, and allowing it’s everyday users to communicate via the powerful medium of film. Now we may see an influx of more professional films on this site, which detract from the everydayness (I’m really sorry I promise I won’t use the word ‘everyday’ again) of youtube’s typical footage, and may cut out a whole branch of their participating community?
a message in a bottle
By michelle, 3 years, 1 month ago - No Comments
not sure about anyone else, but i was very impressed with this latest entry into our competition by
'directorscute'.
of course my opinion counts for as much as yours in this project - so please vote and comment on this film - and our other recent entries. what do you think of them?
CrowdSpirit.org
By michelle, 3 years, 1 month ago - No Comments
ok, here's a community based project with a difference. it will be interesting to see how it works out. i like the adventurousness of it!
"Step 1
The community sends ideas, fine tunes them & votes for the best one.
Step 2
The best ideas and their product specifications are jointly defined with Partners. Community Investors start financing the product development.
Step 3
The first prototype is tested and fine-tuned by the community.
Step 4
Customers purchase products thanks to the CrowdSpirit Supply chain. The community ensures the product support and recommends products to retailers."
the final countdown
By michelle, 3 years, 1 month ago - No Comments
we had another submission yesterday, bumping us up to 21 in total, which means we need just nine more films before we reach the magic 30!
dogme 95
By michelle, 3 years, 1 month ago - 2 comments
I watched an amazing film last night called ‘Open Hearts’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, then I highly recommend you watch it…soon!
It abides to the Dogma 95 Vow of Chastity, which is a set of rules made up by a bunch of film makers (including Lars von Trier) who believed that ‘The movie had been cosmeticised to death’. my friend emma first told me about this movement, in relation to stray cinema.
There is one paragraph in the Dogma 95 manifesto which I just love:
“Today a technological storm is raging, the result of which will be the ultimate democratisation of the cinema. For the first time, anyone can make movies. But the more accessible the media becomes, the more important the avant-garde, It is no accident that the phrase “avant-garde” has military connotations. Discipline is the answer ... we must put our films into uniform, because the individual film will be decadent by definition!”
That’s pretty cool, especially since this manifesto was written in the 60’s (*correction - as per comments on this blog - this manifesto was not actually written in the 60's - duh). I’m all for the democratization of film, and I think this political idea applied to modern films involves the internet, and the accessibility of digital media – whether it be hand held camera’s or your mobile phones etc. Film is cheaper now and easier than ever to make, putting filmmaking into new hands, and giving a different type of person (like me - and now you) the opportunity to tell their story using this all powerful medium.
I think filmmaking has a history of elitism. Whether it be the super expensive study of film, ‘who you know’ in the industry or how much backing you have from a producer (often back to who you know). Who is to say that these select, privileged few have the most original, interesting or even important stories to tell?
By michelle, 3 years, 1 month ago - No Comments