My thoughts on YouTube in the mainstream media

For one, I'm no film maker and I couldn't possibly manage to create any kind of entertaining length of video because of my lack of patience. But I watch a lot of content from the people who are lucky enough to be very talented in the field of media with any kind of education or not and I praise anyone who tries it knowing that it's something I couldn't do. I often hear film makers on YouTube saying how 'modern media' should start to consider the amazing talen which exists on the internet and I support whoever seems to get a job at and kind of television network. However I cannot fully support it for a couple of reasons:

• YouTube is already modern media: Many times have I heard walking around schools about conversations on what they see on YouTube. Hell, I've even suggested a couple of members to my friends in some conversations so I have no idea what these people are meaning when they are already part of an emerging media which is obviously being talked about and making it better overall.
• They could lose their touch: When you have producers and people advising them running around them, I know that I would freak out. These people on YouTube do what TV networks do with many people and they have found ways to getting to work with what they have and they get along fine.
• The lacking community: One of the amazing things about YouTube is the community which exists on it and offers a kind of fanbase and you can kind of make yourself famous, so to speak. Also the new addition of YouTube Moderator kinda helps. Moving onto a TV network and you lose that community of shared ideas and views on whatever the video was about and I think these 'YouTubers' (a phrase I absolutely hate...) will start to see the effects that the community has.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see Michael Buckley strutting his stuff all over the American TV networks but I feel that the loss of the community isn't really worth the effort of doing TV. In essence, I would prefer to see my Shane Dawson fix on the web, thanks..

Sesame Street/Katy Perry Opinions

It seems that I'm right in saying that the Sesame Street/Katy Perry fiasco is quite amusing and quite silly but this was from a point of view of a teenager which Sesame Street doesn't aim it's audience at me. So I thought I'd enlist the help of parent blogger, Nickie at Typecast whom I've worked with many a times and I've asked for her opinions on the matter which she made some interesting points about the video:

"IMHO they should have made her wear a lightly less risqué top for a children's programme but that is exactly how she appears in her "suitable for children" pop videos.  If she was dressed differently then maybe the young audience wouldn't have recognised her."

She later goes on to say:

"If PBS hadn't pulled the episode then it would have blown over within two days. 

Now that they have, (and it is still available for viewing on YouTube) it is still being spoken about.  In effect they have generated more media coverage for themselves AND Katy Perry, who just happens to have a new single out."

I can totally see what she means and I agree completly. Personally, I don't know why PBS didn't see this coming before even considering to book Katy Perry. Perhaps popular musicians are starting to become less kid-friendly then they were ten years ago (Lady Gaga and KeSha instantly spring to mind) and I guess Sesame Street are still adjusting to that.

Actually, scratch that: LADY GAGA FOR SESAME STREET!

New site design

Hey everyone. I've drastically redesigned the website after getting a couple of critiques from my friends whom are interested in design. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


(by the way, I used a great tutorial for the logo)

Topicless

I love my blog.

I really like to write to it as much as possible but quite recently, I've had nothing much to say too it and my audience as it seems to be. I suppose it may be that I have no complete, general topic to this web page, so to speak. And I don't really express my opinions about things at all, thinking about it during mid-writing and perhaps I should.

For now.. I'm a bit topicless.