Simple video, great music!

ullanta

ullanta

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Oh well... I wasn't sure I should post this... not the greatest feat of cinematography, but an amazing cello piece y'all should see. Especially in the middle and end of the piece, some very interesting "extended cello techniques" - harmonics, extreme slides, and - hard to describe, but the sound of a blast from a ram's horn somehow coming out of the cello. Performed by the composer, Tom Flaherty. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7nNUOYSp30
 
Ethan Schaefer said:
Word of advice.
Don't use youtube.
It is there for worthless people.
http://www.vimeo.com
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I think that is a little harsh, yea i agree i like Vimeo better, but to say Youtube is only for worthless people is not correct.

YouTube is far superior if you are trying to have your content reach a larger amount of people.

But as far as this video goes, the man playing Cello is amazing, really good and this isnt really my thing... honestly there really isnt anything to the actual video but the music is awesome.
 
Ethan Schaefer said:
Word of advice.
Don't use youtube.
It is there for worthless people.
http://www.vimeo.com
Click to expand...

Wow that is harsh!!! I guess i'm worthless *cries*... and so is everyone else on this forum.
Like YaBoyTopher said, Youtube isn't for worthless people, youtube is for getting your films out there. Youtube may not be all that great compared to vimeo, but you tell the average person "check out my film on vimeo" and they ask, "what's that?" You want an audience, post it where it counts. Or rather, post it everywhere.

Cool clip.
 
I'm gonna back Ethan up, and say that YouTube is the most unprofessional and one of the poorest quality ways to upload a video. People who use it may not be worthless, but they don't aspire to represent themselves the best they can.

It's there for amateurs or those who cannot afford (although Vimeo is free) to host their own video.

Speaking out of context for this particular uploader (whom I can't speak for or against), YouTube is laughable to me. I don't ever take people seriously when the pinnacle of their presentation is a free, poor quality site. I go to you tube to watch people make asses of themselves, or watch what otherwise would be on America's Funniest Home Videos.

If you cared ever so slightly about the quality of your video, you would have taken the time to research alternative websites, or hosted your own. If you are simply wanting to shove your video out to the world, Youtube is fine. If you are looking to impress others with the craftsmanship, quality, and presentation of your work, YouTube is basically all that is not. I would love for everyone in the world to see my work, but I'm not about to bastardize my cinematography on youtube quality video.

The clip of the chello was very good, and I would have much enjoyed seeing a higher quality version.

Example: Here


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I've stayed out of this hoping the YouTube vs. Vimeo debate would fizzle. Thanks guys for hijacking the thread with something irrelevant!

But, I'll say 2 things:

1) YouTube High Quality mode (there's a link right under the video) is not so bad.

2) For the purposes of my client who posted this, YouTube is FAR SUPERIOR to any alternative. Forget quality. When someone in the world wants to find somethng, they go to YouTube. These days, when classical musicians are looking for performances of a specific piece (especially a rare one), they go to YouTube. The magical part is, it's all there. Anything, any great performance. Performances on film from before video. Performances that aired once in Russia in 1962 and never were seen again. If the performance was before film or video, someone's posted it up there with a photo montage.

My Mom came to visit a week ago. She'd never seen YouTube. We decided to see if she could name anything that wouldn't be there. Didn't happen. Out of the Inkwell shorts from the 30's. Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. Howdie Doody. Senor Wences. Old Imogene Coca performances. The Bionic Watermelon from the Captain and Telille show. My wife came along, and we looked for old soviet cartoons. She only remembered that "there was a drop, singing about how green everything is." (A drop?) But a little searching on YouTube, and we found two cartoons, one about a baby chick singing how green everything is, and another about a raindrop. I could go on. The magic of YouTube, and its power, is that EVERYTHING is there. Everything is powerfully searchable. And YouTube's suggestions of related material are pretty good. As a research tool, especially for classical musicians, it's unmatched.

So I say to you speak out against YouTube: if all you care about is control over how your content is played (even though you DON'T have that, 'cause you don't know about the details of the viewers connections), post only on your own site. If you want to make it slightly better quality and slightly more accessible, put it on Vimeo. But if you want as many people as possible to see it, put it on YouTube. Then put a link on YouTube to whatever higher-quality version you want.

But, worthless? That's just ridiculous. Now, please take your YouTube comments and leave my nice cello thread alone!
 
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