A video inspired by a Tweet i posted earlier today. Talking about the
modern phenomenon of people fishing for stories, or ideas for content.
When they obviously haven't got any ideas of their own.
I fundamentally agree with you here: nothing to say, say nothing, though I do remember with some fondness the days when we were so thrilled by the technology that it seemed enough to blather on about whatever was occurring to us at the moment.
I recently watched a video of a young woman making a cup of tea. No commentary, just the woman's hands going about their business: kettle filled and placed on the burner, cup taken from the cupboard and so on. I suspected the video was made out of boredom or a desire to communicate in the absence of anything to say. At first I felt annoyed but then I settled into the video, watched what was happening which was commonplace but not necessarily banal. No fancy Japanese tea ceremony, mind you, basically someone throwing a bag into a cup of hot water, but some care had been taken, the camera work unhurried and thoughtful. So I ended up liking the video very much for a number of reasons: out of an affinity for its creator, a liking for tea, the video's contemplative mood and the conceit of witnessing a private moment.
Sometimes it's the simple things that make the most compelling viewing. I can well understand why that would have been good to watch. The fact that there were no words probably added to it? I hate those videos where people say, "I decided to make a video, but can't think of what to say, or talk about". Grr...
I fundamentally agree with you here: nothing to say, say nothing, though I do remember with some fondness the days when we were so thrilled by the technology that it seemed enough to blather on about whatever was occurring to us at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI recently watched a video of a young woman making a cup of tea. No commentary, just the woman's hands going about their business: kettle filled and placed on the burner, cup taken from the cupboard and so on. I suspected the video was made out of boredom or a desire to communicate in the absence of anything to say. At first I felt annoyed but then I settled into the video, watched what was happening which was commonplace but not necessarily banal. No fancy Japanese tea ceremony, mind you, basically someone throwing a bag into a cup of hot water, but some care had been taken, the camera work unhurried and thoughtful. So I ended up liking the video very much for a number of reasons: out of an affinity for its creator, a liking for tea, the video's contemplative mood and the conceit of witnessing a private moment.
Sometimes it's the simple things that make the most compelling viewing. I can well understand why that would have been good to watch. The fact that there were no words probably added to it?
ReplyDeleteI hate those videos where people say, "I decided to make a video, but can't think of what to say, or talk about". Grr...