ashlayla, Jenkins/response to asyouwish

I agree one hundred percent with what asyouwish was saying in their post. The Coppola quote does fit right in with what we were talking about in class Tuesday. Computers, cell phones, cameras, and camcorders have all become so popular and somewhat affordable that a lot people own these products. When a budding cinematographer gets his/her hands on a camcorder they will start filming videos as often as they can. Their videos range from silly, childish ones to videos that can be used in a classroom. As CMC majors we are all guilty of being one of the many that has filmed a video and then maybe uploaded it to youtube.com. As a requirement in IFT 300, we all had to create a video. We also had to create a video in CMC 100 that some people have uploaded to YouTube. I know that when my group in CMC 100 created our video, we went a step further and created a fancy cover and placed it in a DVD holder. The video that asyouwish was talking about, the Harry Potter Puppet Pals, went from being a video that someone created out of boredom to one of the most popular videos on YouTube. If we know that someone hasn't seen the latest 'web sensation,' such as the Harry Potter Puppet Pals, we instantly get on the computer to show them. I will honestly say that I am guilty of doing this. A friend of mine had never even heard of the Harry Potter video and that same day, I showed him. Technology stores have made these products easily accessible to most people. When you buy a MAC, a camera is already installed on the computer. People can get Photoshop for their computers so they can create posters like the Monica Lewinsky Star Wars poster. Once we create something we want everyone to see it, so we post it to sites like YouTube or Facebook if it's a funny recreated picture. The last point of asyouwish's post that I agree with is that we have become more and more picky as we view media with a critical eye. If we watch a YouTube video and don't like it, we won't tell others to watch it. If we see a preview of a video that doesn't look interesting to us, we won't even give the video a chance and will move on to something else that is more interesting.