Monday, January 12, 2009

Video Blogging


Crossroads: Overcoming the Odds from Sunny Gault on Vimeo.I'm not a huge fan of video blogs - yet, bandwidth here in New Zealand is still expensive and unreliable. And, unlike a written account, it is hard top skim.

Today I cam across this vlog by American woman Sunny Gault. Gault pitches herself as a 'storyteller', and that is exactly how she phrases her posts.

The motif is The Crossroads - she records her piece to camera at an actual crossroad, which seem to have charming, small town names. The format is simple. Just Sunny to camera. She has a rant about the topic on her mind.

She has defined the following categories:
  • Career
  • Everyday Life
  • Family
  • Health
  • Just for Fun
  • Relationships
The Crossroads have a road map. So far the topics have been:
  • Overcoming the Odds
  • De-stressing
  • Work Ethic
  • Breaking Promises
  • Happy Halloween!
Ok, so…not brain surgery. But watch the clip. Sunny by name, suny by nature.
The chats are warm and engaging, if conservative by nature. She is quite different to LonelyGirl15 or the octogenarian vlogger made famous in YouTube's infancy.
The production values are high (camera technology come a long way).

Lessons:

  • Be clear about your purpose
  • Be simple in format
  • Rehearse
  • Be yourself

I will meet Sunny Gault at the crossroads to hear her thoughts.

See you there.

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