[[[[video begins]]]]
[possibly same start as first video? Plug/windows startup sounds/modem noise] – (approx 5-10 seconds)
[[[[title plays]]]] – (approx 10-15 seconds)
[[[what is a how to video section]]]]
How to videos are typically step-by-step guides, and often a simple piece-to-camera. They usually are of relatively low quality: the subject of said videos will typically be talking to camera; narrating over the footage (like me now!);
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[[this section will be spruced up with various shots of other videos]].
Whilst the video quality ranges from webcam/mobile phone camera to high quality home camcorder. The quality is then often reduced more so due to high compression ratios, in order to limit video size files for upload, and possibly due to lack of knowledge by the user (YouTube is available for all, so it is probable to assume that not all uploaders are knowledgeable in all technological aspects).
[[shots - addtionally myself to camera with quality varying depending on what is said, ie. webcam=bad quality, interspersed with shots of webcam and camcorder as said]].
However, the quality still doesn’t seem to deter users from watching these, or any videos on youtube.
Taking jasonwangters “windmill” [[[show video clip here]]] as an example. The footage is very low quality, and the editing is done with what looks like windows movie maker, but the audience it has reached is phenomenal, gathering over 2 millions views.
Jenkins writes that participatory culture offers us ‘…relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civil engagement’ – essentially that anyone can make the content, as the production values in this case don’t have to be Hollywood blockbusters.
In contrast, GiR2007’s Pancakes II: Pancakes on your face is one of the relatively few more “high-end” of the production spectrum tutorial videos found on YouTube. However, as with the majority of said tutorials, the content is still user-generated.
questions to answer?!?1//
[do users use YouTube to find anwers to things, rather than google/more analogue methods etc.]
