How do you use video?
It seems that video is as common and familiar and the spoken or written word. A way to record, express, and distribute ideas, feelings and opinions. So how do you use video and for what? Do you create? Share? Produce and edit finished pieces? And what’s your preferred equipment? Digital tape? Card? Or the ubiquitous Flip?
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How do you use video?
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by edwardboches: Question for Gen Y: How do u use video? Are u as comfortable using video as using words? http://bit.ly/5QJ9wl please weigh in….
I’m fairly new to producing video, but I’ve been a consumer of the lovely online clips for quite some time.
I actually use my camera (a Canon point and shoot) to record video, which is quite unusual. Seeing as I live in NYC and am rarely home, I find adding extra devices to be even more maddening.
I rarely edit, and my videos are all of the “shoot and post” variety. Even though I find adding extra devices to my already over-sized and overstuffed purse maddening, I’ve been looking at the Kodak Zi8 with increasing interest. Perhaps that’s a purchase for 2010?
I like to use video mainly be able to remember experiences, like a journal. There is the right equipment for the right time. For example, my blackberry camera is perfect to share on twitter for an exciting 30 seconds, my ipod nano can capture a little bit higher quality for something I dont need to post right away and my small Canon with SD card is great to record and edit (imovie) to make rich, clean and smooth videos. One of the my favorite uses of video is to stream live with my MacBook webcam (Fun being able to brag about all the cool stuff you have). This past Thanksgiving we had a live stream of the entire day in my parents house. Friends, family and strangers got to stop in and see what we were up to. Even my cousin in Ireland.
I like to say if a picture is worth a thousand words then how much is a video?
@sethjwyatt
I don’t ever use video. It’s mostly because I don’t see where it would fit in my life, and then there’s also the fact that I’m not familiar with editing software–though I’m sure iMovie would be fairly easy to learn. Moreover, video is not something that I ever think about. I can’t stand the idea of taking hours of video during a vacation (let alone editing it later), I just know that’s something I’d never be interested in sitting down to watch later. Pictures are fine, (and even then I sometimes hate that I’m hiding behind a camera instead of having a good time).
When I was much younger I used to be very interested in “film making” (only as a hobby), but if that was something I might pursue again I don’t think that I would trust using a cheep, hand held device. This isn’t to say that there aren’t’ plenty of places for flip’s and other video devices, I just don’t see myself using them right now. Then again, if I was still making bike jumps after school, then that would be a different story…
I’m actually very keen ln learning more about video, so I can make a few videos for my music. My plan is to just use my video-capable point-and-shoot, plus iMovie. The it’s YouTube here I come!
Jeff
http://www.cerebellumblues.com
I think I’m getting a FlipCam for Christmas and I am SO EXCITED. I will probably film friends doing silly things and tag them on Facebook all the time. And maybe I’ll film something for TNGG!
Oh, and speaking of video, I think it’s overrated as content for marketing. Most video blogs are lame. If I’m hanging out with my roommates or sitting at work, I usually can’t put the volume on. And I can read faster than you talk. It’s a waste of time. Only use video if it’s genuinely interesting or compelling or beautiful. I hate video for the sake of video.
I don’t know how I use video exactly. I’m not good at editing video or making movies. But if my camera is around I’ll take video of silly stuff my friends and I do. However, it rarely makes its way to YouTube or Facebook.
I love watching videos on the Internet, though. Mostly I love videos that make me laugh. If it teaches me something cool, or shows off something beautiful, I love sharing with friends, tweeting about it or blogging about it.
I don’t use video much and can hardly figure out iMovie. When I’m online it’s very rare that I will even click on a video (unless we’re talking funny youtube videos).
I’d rather read something quickly than watch a video if it’s related to news. Articles take way less time to load and are easy to skim over to see if it’s on a topic that even interests me.
Ha ha ha…this question makes me crack up because I’m in the video production industry, and I make clips for people/organizations/events ALL day EVERY day.
Christine and Kristin are dead on–for a generation that wants everything pretty much as fast as possible, it’s annoying to sit through videos when we read much faster. I never watch marketing videos, and the “skip intro” button is my favorite button of all. When video is just a clip of a person sitting/standing there talking, it reeks of useless technological showmanship, wasted bandwidth, and (most deadly of all) boring content. And no, I don’t care how enthusiastically you use hand gestures. You’re not Billy Mays; settle down.
A blogger using video is like a painter using marble. It’s not the medium that best serves your content, so don’t do it! What video can do (that no other medium can) is to combine dialogue/live sound with images and music that enhance the message/content. If I make a video for a cancer foundation, I become a professional emotion-manipulator, and video is the Iago to my Jaffar. My video will make you laugh and sob and give money, and I will do it in less than two minutes. You have to make use of all the capabilities of the medium, otherwise it’s not the correct medium to use.
These comments are fascinating to me, because I thought I was behind on the whole video thing. I have TWO FlipCams I purchased for teaching purposes, but have only put two clips on YouTube so far — one of some deer in my yard, how lame is that? Now I can’t even remember the Youtbut password!. I am told I need to put video on my blog but learning to edit seems daunting. Thanks for making me feel as if I am not as out of step as I thought I was. Carol Phillips
I use video to make money. I've been doing so for the past nine months. With such an abundance of video contests and the new demand for user-generated content, I've been able to stack some real cash and keep my day job. If you've got the chops there's real opportunity out there.