Lesson 11: Video Blogging

Video blogging is the final frontier of blogging. It is perhaps the least advanced form of blogging in terms of user-created content, but it still merits some discussion.

1) The advantages and disadvantages of Videoblogging:

Impact: If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good video is worth ten thousand. The things we see on video seem more real to us.

Price and practicality: It’s becoming less expensive to purchase a camera, equipment, etc. YouTube and other services makes it more practical to host your film.

Negatives:

1) Results

It’s really a hard medium to work in. Audio is the easiest, text and picture posts require formatting and editting, but video is something else. Issues arise like:

-Lighting
-Sound quality
-Steadiness
-Hair and Ties

2) Persuasiveness-Whoever changed their mind because they saw it on YouTube.

3) Reach: Compared to other mediums, Video fails to reach as many people usually

To do video on your blog:

1) Have a camera

2) Edit Your Video

Bonus Tip: Always edit still pictures

3)Have a purpose for using video.

Obviously, if you’re video-minded go to town, but for the rest of us, Video-blogging may not be the easiest.

Trends to watch for in Video-Blogging:

Some clues that Video-blogging may be getting more worthwhile:

1) Better quality cameras available for less
2) Better video quality on computers

3) Monetization
4) Popular Regular non-professional Video Blogcasts

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