Mar

9

Vlogging and Multimedia Projects

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This little vlog from Shannon Noble, titled Finger Bolts, is one of the coolest I’ve seen since surfing around looking at vlogs. I think the marriage of words and visuals in an important one. Some vlogs can stand on their own and don’t need any extra text, of course. But some vlogs are made stronger by a little added text. Some might argue that a vlog that needs text is weaker because of it, but I would disagree. There’s no reason not to take advantage of all the various forms at your disposal. I think this is a good example of the text adding to the vlog. You’ll notice, however, that Shannon’s text doesn’t give the vlog away. You don’t really know exactly what to expect from it, and that’s a good thing. The words compliment the video, they don’t restate it. The words set the vlog up.

The idea of truly mixed media on the web is something I’ve been thinking about lately. Video has its certain powers, text has its certain powers, painting has its certain powers, photography has its certain powers, music has its certain power, etc., etc. I think some of the most exciting projects yet to come are those where one artist will use various web-friendly media to contribute to one, grand whole. Vloggers or film makers already do this naturally to a degree, but it seems there’s a lot more variation to come. I think vlogging is the last piece in the puzzle that will ultimately lead to some very interesting multimedia projects because vlogging brings people who would have never thought themselves to be “film people” into the world of film. Vlogging will also put video on the web in a significantly different way than it’s been on the web so far. And that’s important for a number of reasons. It’s important simply for the fact that more people will be making video and trying new things, but it’s also important because the video will be on the web and people will be interacting with it on the web - a space that is very different from traditional video venues (TVs and theaters).

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