For this post I will be reviewing 3 Youtube videos and 2 Vimeo videos and comparing/contrasting them based on their quality as well as pointing out the trends I see in the overall content of the sites.
Vimeo -
Video 1 - "Made on Earth" by Enrique Pacheco
An extremely beautifully shot piece showing many different landscapes, both natural and man made. The shots are time lapsed and sped up and most have a gradual pan over the site. This combination of effects allows sunsets and sunrises to change the natural lighting and reflection in each landscape and is a really wonderful effect. The music is extremely powerful and works great with the imagery. It feels like a highly polished professional production.
Video 2 - "Ordos" by Charles Lanceplaine
A skate video shot in a city in China which is nearly uninhabited, but large and almost new, this video is extremely well done. The shots are well chosen, the angles are great, and the music works well with the piece. The location alone shows that the production is not just that of some random skate kids, but a group of talented people who either have connections or know what they are doing. Very interesting and fun.
Youtube -
Video 1 - "Skweezy and my son Pnut" by ChAinHanGlOw69 aka Skweezy Jibbs
In this video our host, Skweezy Jibbs, rants about a bunch of nothingness and then introduces us to his "son" Pnut. Who is a monkey. A fairly pointless video but I have seen some videos by Skweezy Jibbs in the past and they have been pretty funny, unfortunately this one wasn't. Overall the video and editing quality is pretty low. I think this is part of the appeal though, as it is supposed to be the web show of the character Skweezy Jibbs, and he does it out of his apartment. Other than a few cuts and credits there is little done. The lighting and music have little to no positive impact on the overall product.
Video 2- "Hey It's Pomplamoose - Theme Song" by PomplamooseMusic
A very high quality theme song recorded for the Pomplamoose live webcast. Pomplamoose, for those who are not familiar, is a musical duo who record the creation of their songs and upload them as music videos. The videos show clips of each individual sound being recorded, including the vocal layers. Their music is really quite unique and the videos show a great deal of creative editing techniques to create something that is extremely fun and interesting. The audio quality is high as well.
Video 3- "Deep Dish Fastfood Pizza - Epic Meal Time" by EpicMealTime
Epic Meal Time is a short that has been on youtube for a few years now. Each week or so the Epic Meal Time crew assembles to create some sort of culinary monstrosity. The goal of this is to pack as many calories as possible and include as much meat (usually bacon) as they can into the food. This week was a fast food pizza. The quality of the video is fairly good and it seems that whoever is working the camera knows what they are doing. They combine indoor and outdoor shots, shots during the creation of the food, and a final scene where they eat it. The music helps impact the overall piece by making it seem that much more "epic".
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Ultimately, it seems that Vimeo caters to a crowd that is significantly different than Youtube. Vimeo's content is generally very high quality - often seeming extremely professional. These videos likely had budgets and crews working on them. Youtube seems to be largely for a crowd that is doing it themselves. People who makes videos in their homes or with friends. While many videos on Youtube are high quality and well made, they still lack that "professional" polish. While Vimeo content seems like something you would see in an indie movie theater, Youtube content is largely content you may see on Comedy Central or MTV.
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