Comments on: Thinking of video blogging? You should probably forget it

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By: Jonha

Jonha — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:08:36 +0000

I think I don't have much time and the skills for video blogging yet so might as well focus on text blogging.

By: Videoblogging Careers | Bill Cammack

Videoblogging Careers | Bill Cammack — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:18:26 +0000

[...] Response to Penelope Trunk's article on videoblogging as a career. [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:28:16 +0000

eBook entitled The Book Trailer Revolution:Marketing and Promotion Through Digital Video was released last week. Though specific to book promotion, the valuable experience and information shared regarding digital video production and distribution could easily be applied to a variety of other industries. http://www.cosproductions.com/Resources/Index.html

By: » Vodcasting in a nutshell Jane’s Convergent Journalism Blog

» Vodcasting in a nutshell Jane’s Convergent Journalism Blog — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:36:51 +0000

[...] Thinking of video blogging? You should probably forget it Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist blog 21/11/06 [...]

By: New video blogger for Brazen Careerist: Bruce Tulgan » Brazen Careerist

New video blogger for Brazen Careerist: Bruce Tulgan » Brazen Careerist — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:14:39 +0000

[...] I know, I know, I spent a whole post ranting about how almost everyone should not be video blogging. So it's surprising to hear that I'm launching Bruce's video blog here, right? [...]

By: Mike Hobart

Mike Hobart — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:28:22 +0000

Oh my, a video blog? I think I'd rather be chained to the dungeon wall…

By: Bill C.

Bill C. — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:19:09 +0000

Drew's post reminds me that the time spent on video blogging can be way more or way less than the time it takes to do a text blog, depending on how technical you want the presentation to be. If you're doing comedy, you might have to keep editing until you get your timing right. If your on-air-talent doesn't deliver properly, you might have to shoot a lot of takes. If you're shooting on DV, you have to transfer the footage to your computer to edit it. If you're greenscreening or compositing anything or placing a bug in the corner of your video or applying a filter to ensure that your video is within broadcast-safe levels, that's going to add to your rendering time. OTOH, if you shoot your video blog with your mp4 camera, or better still, right through your webcam to your hard drive, saying it all in one take with no need for editing, creating that video might take substantially less time than typing out the same information.

I think having a formula is really important as well. The popular video blogs that I'm aware of do variations on a theme. They're not random. There's something you can expect to see or learn every time you tune in. It's not the same show, but you expect to see certain actors or characters. You expect the show to focus on something specific (tech, for instance). You expect comedy or maybe news. You expect jetsetshow.com to focus on teens. You expect galacticast.com to focus on science fiction parody. Unless really interesting things happen to you randomly, you're better off with a formula that you're comfortable with producing, and like Drew mentioned… that you ENJOY producing, than going with the flow and expecting people to "tune in next time" to check out your latest random antics. :)

By: drew olanoff

drew olanoff — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:47:00 +0000

I spend anywhere from 20-25 hours writing, editing and deploying an episode of scriggity every week. I get an hour and half worth of footage and in 7 hours shrink it down to 7 minutes or less. Love every second of it :)

By: dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Fri 24th Nov, 2006

dcinput » Blog Archive » dcinput daily for Fri 24th Nov, 2006 — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:27:30 +0000

[...] A few days ago Penelope Trunk's post Thinking about videoblogging? You should probably forget about it caused all sorts of discussion on the videoblogging mailing list. Anne from Loaded Pun explains why people on the videoblogging mailing list were annoyed and also ends with what I think the crucial question is: What are you hoping to get out of your vlog? [...]