Video Makers Help Make A Difference

I’m going to switch it up and talk about something very serious. Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching a documentary about “Invisible Children.” What this refers to are the thousands of children in Africa who are abducted from their sleep and turned into violent rebel soldiers for Joseph Kony’s rebel army. These kids are abducted at age 9-12, taken away from their home, and basically left invisible. Their parents and friends no longer know about their existence, maybe a letter home here and there.

This journey of “Invisible Children” started with 3 friends who both had a passion about making and editing movies. They decided to take a trip to Africa, Uganda in particular, to further video tape what was going. They were able to video tape the most gruesome scenes,  dead and multilated bodies, children holding weapons, attacks on villages, etc.

One of the most notable capturing they did on the camera was a child by the name of Jacob. Jacob was abducted at a young age along with his brother. His brother tried to escape and was thus killed in front of Jacob’s eyes. In order to keep his life, Jacob wasn’t able to shed a single tear in his eye…killer instinct. In his own words, Jacob stated that death would be better than life.

The 3 friends that captured all these moments on camera decided they wanted to do something, to help end this ongoing feud between the rebel army and the government. They showed the video, marched, protested, and thus had tens of thousands of followers supporting the movement to save the children and end this pointless war. They gained support from the government and came very close to help ending this war in Africa, but Kony declined.

Although the results didn’t turn out the way we all wanted, if it wasn’t for the 3 individuals that captured these incredible moments on film, a lot of us would have no idea about “Invisible Children.”

There is a lot more that I didn’t speak of so that you can watch the video. Please watch it here.

My friend Lyricks spent sometime in Uganda a few years back. He made a song and a video of his stay. Please watch:

Youtube Can Hurt Your Career

A few weeks ago I posted about how youtube can benefit individuals and make no namers famous. However, youtube also has the opposite effect. Youtube can hurt a person’s career.

The free internet website is an online source that allows ANYONE to view and upload any kind of videos, except those with nudity/porn. You can upload videos from your digital camera, camcorder, and even your cell phone. Now a days, who doesn’t have a camera on their cell phone. With that being said, the cell phone can capture the most candid of videos, good and bad.

I’ll use for example the infamous Kramer from Seinfeld, Michael Richards. I know this clip came about two to three years ago, but this is the perfect clip for this scenario. Personally I never got into Seinfeld and was never a fan of that show, I’m more of a Fresh Prince of Bel Air kind of guy. However, I always thought of Michael Richards as a funny genuine guy from the times that I did watch an episode here and there.   

I’m sure everyone thought of him the same way, until they saw this clip that was caught by a camera (PLEASE BE ADVISED).

Michael Richards displayed HORRIBLE behavior. There is nothing that can justify the reason for his actions. This is not even funny, this is down right racist. Truthfully I do not care if you were angry, you should never say things of this nature. I’m sure ever since this video surfaced, Richards has not been in Hollywood.

If it wasn’t for youtube, I would have never seen this clip. I barely watch television news and if the news talked about this, I wouldn’t see it. This is one prime example of how youtube can really kill someone’s career. Sorry Michael Richards, you’re not only a washed up actor, you’re a washed up racist jack ass. Also since Michael Richards is associated with Seinfeld, I’m sure that his behavior hurt the shows re-run viewers.

Better Mirror’s Edge Real Life Video

Now this one is on point from the previous one that I showed! It captured pretty much everything about the game. ENJOY!

Mirror’s Edge Real Life

This gamer decided to recreate Mirror’s Edge in real life form. Although he capture the song perfectly, he failed to get on a rooftops. I can’t knock him for that because he did have a great concept. However the random skateboarding tricks, bike tricks, and dice tricks were random. I knew he was Asian after seeing the dice tricks! Us Asians have gambling in our blood. Overall good try and great representation

Awesome Lego Star Wars Video

I can only imagine that this took a long time to produce. Great Job!

Popularity and Success from Youtube

Today’s day and age, youtube has become a means of communication. Normal jacks to corporate people all use youtube. Whether to make funny videos, instructional videos, or just posting up videos, youtube serves a definite purpose…to spread the word and share.

I even discovered some of my favorite music artists on youtube. By far, youtube has grown in it’s popularity throughout the years. Of course there are other video upload sites like vimeo trying to compete, but youtube has been around a bit longer and already developed their followers…which are millions!

How great is youtube? Two guys who started a youtube account to upload comical videos of themselves gained so much noise from thousands of viewers, that they eventually got sponsored by a few clothing brands. Why? Because clothing companies benefit from these guys wearing their gear…it’s all marketing! Here are the two guys that I speak of (Note- this video is not for the closed minded):

Here is another scenario. These three guys are very musically talented. Through youtube, they have gained infinite amounts of recognition which lead to a bunch of shows and possible record deals. One of them even turned down a record deal.

In conclusion, get with the technology! Putting yourself out there on youtube can only help you!