12.11.2006
12.02.2006
The Face of New Media.
So, I know I'm a little (read A LOT) behind the general masses on this one, but I read the piece in Wired this month about the Lonleygirl15 phenomenon on Youtube. It's a pretty good piece, and it raises a great question--how will content designed strictly for the interweb differ from film/tv prototypes? The creators of Lonelygirl seem to believe there's a kind of authentcity to the handheld single cam focus with the assumption being that the subject is filming themselves.
After checking out a few videos on their site--www.lonelygirl15.com/ I'm not sure I understand how their format would translate with different genres? In particular I'm thinking about how their typical episodes last roughly 2 1/2 minutes, and are released every couple of days. This clearly equal low production value, but take it past the "dear diary" format and I'm thinking there would have to be loads of changes. Also, while I can see how some of the lighting, props, camerawork, etc. would have to be downsized for the average computer screen I think some cinematic features should be preserved. Just case it's on the web doesn't mean it has to be low budg and guerilla-like. On the other hand what do I know? The amount of comments the lonelygirl15 eps. get is pretty amazing averaging about 300 comments each time, so we're talking about at minimum 1,000 unique hits each week (and I know I'm lowballing that figure big time). Clearly the interweb masses have spoken.
After checking out a few videos on their site--www.lonelygirl15.com/ I'm not sure I understand how their format would translate with different genres? In particular I'm thinking about how their typical episodes last roughly 2 1/2 minutes, and are released every couple of days. This clearly equal low production value, but take it past the "dear diary" format and I'm thinking there would have to be loads of changes. Also, while I can see how some of the lighting, props, camerawork, etc. would have to be downsized for the average computer screen I think some cinematic features should be preserved. Just case it's on the web doesn't mean it has to be low budg and guerilla-like. On the other hand what do I know? The amount of comments the lonelygirl15 eps. get is pretty amazing averaging about 300 comments each time, so we're talking about at minimum 1,000 unique hits each week (and I know I'm lowballing that figure big time). Clearly the interweb masses have spoken.
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