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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Day 6 of 'Mastering YouTube in Fifteen Days' by Jessica Kellgren-Hayes

Mastering YouTube in Fifteen Days Jessica Kellgren-Hayes University of Brighton Film and Screen Studies, Year 2 HD2111; Screen History 1985-Present 'Discuss the way in which YouTube has been adopted by the public, and assess whether 'user generated content' offers any viable alternatives to corporate and commercial filmmaking.' My impression from the feedback I've received is that while medium is not unimportant it's the content that rules. After missing an amazing football goal and unwilling to wait for the Sports News you turn to the internet. If Entertainment News didn't show enough of James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosting the Oscars then it can be found on YouTube. Over Easter, my family and I missed the very first Doctor Who episode of the new series, so I hooked my laptop up to the TV and we watched it together on iPlayer. What of those pieces- films, opinions, music- that for one reason or other are not obtainable or viewable other than on the internet? In yesterday's Guardian newspaper (Saturday 7th May, 2011) there was a piece from Keith Allen concerning a documentary he has made that will not be available in the UK. An excerpt from 'Unlawful Killing' has been leaked onto YouTube and "seized on by conspiracy theorists"- unsurprising as the film is about the death of Princess Diana. Reading the article I had a not-insignificant amount of sympathy for Allen, who describes the problems he has had in the last three years getting the documentary released here in the ...