Heh Heh Heh - fair point I guess but I think your a bit harsh on You Tube

See most of the world couldnt care about filming - editing - directing - cinematography etc - most movie goers dont appreciate a good angle shot or take - but are more impressed by - wooooo you see the way that car just blew up and took the guy out with it - woooooo - pass the popcorn

You Tube is a bin - a video bin for the worlds media

Swamped by manga - swamped by teenies in lingerie - swamped by jackass and skateboard repeats -

But if you sit back - its a bit like your local TV station swamped by the same media

I think its good there is a place for people to place easy links to media - and sites like this can use it

It would be better to see You Tube categorise better - I have seen "director" videos and profiles and some of them are people posting other videos - not anything they have edited or created themselves

I think its a good place for public viewing - after all anyone making video etc isnt that an aim - to broadcast - to send a message a feeling a thought out into the masses?

Its main good point is its a mass of public viewers and varied opinion - Also it gives everyone on sites and forums like this an easy link to their own videos for discussion - such as in the user videos

I post my cuts and edits on you tube and get varied reaction - i would post the same link here but expect to get it looked at from a more technical view

A great thing about you tube is traffic - I posted a scientology video on there thats gained some comments - but what is more bizarre I have recieved more messages than comments from varied users about it

Ranging from people asking me to post their videos as they are too wary of being sued etc lol to people asking me to join in crusades almost to bring the church of scientology down lol

Here is one of my most favourite videos I have seen posted

Unfortunately I am not sure who created this - but to me its genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wM1kD7Ss8

They have taken Bush and made him sing along with John Lennons Imagine

Its utterly fantastic use of editing to convey a very good ironic message

And I like that about video - not everyones cup of tea but genius to me - I think thats the thing You Tube has

What you hate someone likes - and vice versa



But i think your right - You Tube cant provide a niche for those interested in creating editing etc


But its a great space for us to use the links here for discussion

Perhaps - you may want to create an admin access only thread or forum - where you display certain examples of good work in varying categories - editing - filming - fx - etc

Instead of it being swamped by users you could feed this from the user video submissions ?