VIDEO SITE ACCOUNTS

First entry after 3 years. The emptyfilm Website went through a major rededign recently. Many things have happened since 2005 in terms of web and cinema. The most important by far was the creation of videosites such as youtube, dailymotion vimeo etc. and their rapid expansion into a new form of video distribution.
Our channels there have been online since november 2005 and have now pretty much replaced all need for hosting emptyfilm videos on the original site. A huge bandwidth saver but also an important door to the main site. As I have started a PHD on internet and cinema Since late 2006 the collected experience of managing accounts in different video sites and the comparisons that have emerged could be an issue to cover here and in the thesis...

the account are
www.youtube.com/emptyfilm with total of about 190.000views so far
Even though quality suffers their new insight feature is the most comprehensive and detailed way to collect statistical info on the viewings of your videos. Definitely the hugset database of videos, considering Google video is actually kind of merged with youtube. you can find anything you can imagine but there is so much crap that browsing without a specific target becomes pretty much pointless. the best search engine however.

www.dailymotion.com/emptyfilm much less views about 12000, but many more features on the local and international sites of dailymotion due to the administrator's systme anf official/creative content categorisations. Great site for browsing videos by genre. also one of the first sites long before youporn, etc to include erotic videos. A european answer to youtube. One of the first to offer HD video quality. excellent encoding but poor search which will soon be upgraded

www.vimeo.com/emptyfilm the most recent account by far (only one week) but the most promising in terms of networking in the film industry. One of the videos has Already been featured in the channel of a motion Graphic DVD magazine. Vimeo only accepts user generated content so do not expect mash ups or random stuff. only copyrighted material enter the site and that makes a huge difference when it comes to browsing randomly which usually ends up in really worthwhile playlists. great encoding quality too.

www.myspace.com/emptyfilm Much fewer views for videos but much more networking opportunities due to the personal character of the profiles there. I was asked to work for a big greek production company and pretty much started a carreer as a director for commercials in Greece through a Myspace message. the focus of myspace is not distribution of media but rather the presentation of media creators.

www.facebook.com Personal profile under the name Demitri Delinikolas. Not much of a video sharing experience but once people are tagged on the video, comments start flowing. however since they are comments from friends there is little to be offered in terms of random audience reactions to videos. But if you are looking for immediate reaction to a video upload it there for sure. Every friend will notice once they log in.