These Times they are "a changin'"
Isn't it interesting how modern technology has changed things? When I was a youngster the advent of television was, well, WOW! Moving pictures, and not only were they moving, they were coming at us from all over the world, many cases in real time.
I recall on 24 November 1963 being glued to the TV, watching as they were bringing Lee Harvey Oswald out of the Dallas Police Station. If I recall he was being transferred to the Feds. As I sat, along with most of the rest of the nation, Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner of some ill repute, walked up and shot Oswald, right there in front of our eyes, live. Think about that. Many more killings and murders were to follow "live," but I suspect that may have been the first one. (Something to check on a search tool?)
The President was dead, the assassin was dead and we were witnesses with a front row seat…the world would never be the same.
Tonight I looked at a YouTube film that I did a few months ago. It is a short piece about how to build a fire by rubbing sticks. What is amazing about the YouTube experience is that not only can the audience watch the video, perhaps not live, but certainly within minutes of filming, but the audience can immediately participate in the discussion. In the old days, all we could do was yell at the television and if really excited, write a letter.
In the case of my video, it has now had 5,231 views as of this writing. Think about that. An audience of 5,000+ viewers at a movie theater in 1932 would have been a hit movie. Here, I scripted, filmed, produced and released the final video in minutes and, hopefully, a bunch of viewers have enjoyed the show. It is very serious, interspersed with moments of humor. If you do watch it, I'll warn you, at one point the audio gets very loud. When editing it I contemplated turning the noise down, but realized that it added to the affect. Let me know what you think.
When I was a youngster and someone had told me that I would one day produce a "movie" and have 5,000+ viewers, I would have thought them very silly. How times have changed. Disclaimer: No trees were injured in the filming of that video…
Dennis "K1" Blanchard
I recall on 24 November 1963 being glued to the TV, watching as they were bringing Lee Harvey Oswald out of the Dallas Police Station. If I recall he was being transferred to the Feds. As I sat, along with most of the rest of the nation, Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner of some ill repute, walked up and shot Oswald, right there in front of our eyes, live. Think about that. Many more killings and murders were to follow "live," but I suspect that may have been the first one. (Something to check on a search tool?)
The President was dead, the assassin was dead and we were witnesses with a front row seat…the world would never be the same.
Tonight I looked at a YouTube film that I did a few months ago. It is a short piece about how to build a fire by rubbing sticks. What is amazing about the YouTube experience is that not only can the audience watch the video, perhaps not live, but certainly within minutes of filming, but the audience can immediately participate in the discussion. In the old days, all we could do was yell at the television and if really excited, write a letter.
In the case of my video, it has now had 5,231 views as of this writing. Think about that. An audience of 5,000+ viewers at a movie theater in 1932 would have been a hit movie. Here, I scripted, filmed, produced and released the final video in minutes and, hopefully, a bunch of viewers have enjoyed the show. It is very serious, interspersed with moments of humor. If you do watch it, I'll warn you, at one point the audio gets very loud. When editing it I contemplated turning the noise down, but realized that it added to the affect. Let me know what you think.
Click to viewWhen I was a youngster and someone had told me that I would one day produce a "movie" and have 5,000+ viewers, I would have thought them very silly. How times have changed. Disclaimer: No trees were injured in the filming of that video…
Dennis "K1" Blanchard