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7 August, 2004 The Guardian published the article "Forget the bloggers, it's the vloggers showing the way on the internet". More than 7 years after we can say, that they were right.
We've already discussed the terms for video blogging with FLV player and web television. So, what were the premises and what are the perspectives of video blogging? And more important: who was the trend-setter in the mid 20th century?
Luk Bouwman finished college, packed his rucksack and jumped on a plane to Peru. There he began uploading the videotales of his travels on to his website. That is how people from all over the world got the chance to watch his amazing video travel diary. Mr Bouwman was the vanguard of vlogging.
Mr Bouwman had an advantage to the average person who wants to take up vlogging: he had just graduated from film school. And his website was one of the slickest vlogging sites on the internet. As he has noted, "it is a way for young documentary makers to self-publish their work".
Vlogging does not require very hi-tech equipment: a video camera, an Internet connection, flv player or similar tools and a website.
It is a pitty fact: people are taught to write from childhood, but there is no analogous experience of producing video. It is not do bad, anyway. But now you have a chance to pracice filming. You are welcom to sahre you video clips!
Remember Steve Garfield, a video producer from Boston? He says he has never had a problems with the medium. He uses his website to be a "citizen journalist", which he describes as "anyone who decides to tell a story and share it".