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In Cyberspace, No One Can Hear You Scream
Friday, October 31, 2008
If you're someone who scares easily, is afraid of things that go bump in the night, or is terrorized by the prospect of monsters hiding in your closet, then please consider yourself warned: the four horror films lurking in the
YouTube Screening Room
are not for you.
Seriously, this is some scary stuff. In "
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
," a disgraced aerial navigator confronts an unspeakable evil, and finds that it is much closer than he thinks. A young boy's fear of the dark is turned upside down when his trusty security lamp malfunctions in "
Night Light
." "
Advantage
" is the story of a young couple who stumbles onto a suburban tennis court and into a sinister game, in which their opponents have a distinct home court advantage. Finally, in "
There Are Monsters"
"... well, you probably catch the drift.
So if you think you're ready to be spooked, startled or just plain terrified, then
click here
.
But please, don't watch alone.
Sara P.
YouTube Film
Happy Halloween from Horror Film Legend Wes Craven
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Last year, heavy metal frontman
Rob Zombie
turned up on YouTube's doorstep to deliver the tricks and treats. This year, our nightmares
were answered when legendary horror film director
Wes Craven
offered to host the holiday -- immediately proving that the father of Freddy Krueger and the Scream trilogy certainly knows his way around scary movies. He personally introduces his top selections here, a combination of sheer terror, the frighteningly funny and even a few monsters who won't forget to vote.
Along with curating today's Halloween home page, Wes has collected some rare clips where he appears in front of the camera. He created this haunted Video Vault playlist on his YouTube channel for anyone interested in learning more about his directing and writing career.
So, thanks to Wes Craven, this All Hallow's Eve we all can celebrate our own "Nightmare on YouTube" – and remember: whatever you do, don't fall asleep...
Happy Halloween,
The YouTube Team
In My Name: Last Chance to Join the Video Petition to End Poverty
Thursday, October 30, 2008
A month ago,
we launched "In My Name,"
a global effort to raise awareness around the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and hold world leaders accountable for the promises they made in the year 2000 to end global poverty. The program launched with the help of celebrities like Will.I.Am, Scarlett Johansson, Fergie and John Legend:
Hundreds of you from around the world have already answered the call to action, using YouTube as your platform to urge world leaders to end extreme poverty. Here are a few of the most notable submissions thus far:
If you haven't joined the
"In My Name" campaign
, it's not too late. All you have to do is visit
www.youtube.com/inmyname
and upload a simple video, stating your name, home country, and a message to your government about the need to meet the MDGs.
At the culmination of the program, a mash-up of the most powerful submissions from around the world will be broadcast directly to global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, as proof that global citizens are holding them to their commitment to create a better world for everyone. The mash-up will also be broadcast at YouTube's first-ever live event,
YouTube Live
, on November 22nd.
The deadline to submit your video is November 1. Click
here
now to add your name and tell your leader that promises are meant to be kept.
Sincerely,
Ramya R.
YouTube Nonprofits & Activism
Link To The Best Parts In Your Videos
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Here at YouTube, we still pride ourselves in listening closely to our community and building what you ask for. In this spirit, we are pleased to announce the ability to "deep link" to YouTube videos. This means you can now not only link to a YouTube video itself, but you can also link directly to a specific time within each video. This is something you have been
asking us for and we are happy to deliver.
To create a
deep link
, append the following to the end of a YouTube video URL: #t=1m15s. This says to link to the time 1:15 - you can replace the numbers before the 'm' and the 's' with anything you like.
As an additional bonus, if you mention a specific time in a video comment, e.g. "haha 1:14 is funny", this will become a hyperlink. Viewers can simply click on the time and the video will automatically jump to the point you are referencing. Pretty cool huh?
Leave a comment here or in our
Community Help Forums
to let us know what you think. We'll be reading what you all have to say as we think about ways of making YouTube even better.
The YouTube Team
Help Center Video Submission Results
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
We
challenged
our fabulous community of YouTube experts (that means you) to come up with some creative videos
to accompany a selection of our Help Center
articles
. And...the results are in!
Congratulations to
IceflowStudios
,
KOHPelord
,
rewboss
and
Torley
for their awesome contribution to helping the community
learn more about the following site features:
Adding/Editing a Profile Picture
Using Captions and Subtitles
Making a Playlist
Using Video Annotations
Viewing Higher Quality Videos
Thanks to everyone who submitted a video. If yours was not chosen, or you didn't get a chance to participate this time around, don't fret.
We'll be doing another call for submissions soon...
Stay Tuned,
The YouTube Help Team
Gorillaz Creators take over YouTube's home page with "Monkey"
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
If you can't imagine an ape taking the lead role in a Chinese Opera , then you can't have heard about the new project from the masterminds of virtual alternative music act, The Gorillaz. Their new CD is based on the 21st century production of a Mandarin Opera reinterpreted by Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn (music) and artist Jamie Hewlett (visuals). In celebration of simian-starring project "Monkey: Journey to the West", the duo will premiere their "Monkey Bee" video and curate related featured videos on YouTube's homepage for 24 hours.
Other highlights of this monkey-themed takeover includes a BBC produced
feature-length documentary
on staging the "Monkey: Journey to the West" opera that is currently touring the UK, titled "Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure." Damon (also the vocalist behind Blur and The Good Bad & The Queen) and Jamie (co-creator of the comic strip Tank Girl) have recorded a personal introduction describing the additional videos they have selected that relate to the themes and inspirations behind the project, which involves 40 Chinese circus acrobats, martial artists and singers, and an orchestra of both Western and traditional Chinese instruments. See them share the details about puppetry, kung fu, "flying" and their enthusiasm for YouTube here:
Head over to Damon & Jamie's YouTube
channel
for more Mandarin-influenced Monkey madness and enjoy this homepage themed takeover, which links a 16th-century Chinese epic saga with animation, opera and modern music.
Cheers,
Michele K-Tel
YouTube Music
Addressing Youth Violence on YouTube
Monday, October 27, 2008
Like you, we're continually surprised, moved, and entertained by the videos people post on YouTube. And, like you, we're occasionally dismayed when people use YouTube for less positive purposes. That's why we count on you to know our
Community Guidelines
and flag videos you believe don't belong on the site.
We've recently made a change to our flagging menu we think you should know about: We replaced the category "minors fighting" with "youth violence." You can find it in the pull-down menu under "Violent or Repulsive Content," and we'll still follow our usual process of reviewing all flagged videos quickly and removing those that violate our Guidelines.
The reason for this change in language is simple: We want to make it easier for you to help us take down the increasing number of videos showing children involved in violence of some sort, including threats and actual altercations. The "minors fighting" flag simply wasn't being used enough, yet the number of these kinds of videos has been increasing. Now you can more easily flag violent videos that include underage people, and we'll take it from there.
Think of the Guidelines and the flagging pull-down menu as part of our ongoing conversation with you. We give you a structure that makes it easier for you to talk to us, and you become the eyes and ears of the site. Of course, the best conversations are never static, and the same is true about this one. We're always reviewing our Guidelines and the flagging categories to make sure they reflect what you see on the site.
The new flag is part of a larger, continuous effort here at YouTube to keep the community safe for all of our members. But we can't do it alone.
Literally.
With 13 hours of video uploaded every minute, we need you to be our first line of defense against content that violates our Community Guidelines, and we'll keep doing all we can to make doing your part clear and easy.
We're committed to having transparent, effective policies and to helping you understand them through blog posts like this. (If you haven't seen it, check our our
first post
in this series about how to contact us to report abuse.)
Let us know how we're doing and what you think about this new flag. And check back here soon for the next post in our series: How to Flag Videos.
The YouTube Team
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