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Two Weeks to Become a Star
Minggu, 30 November 2008
It took Peter Jackson 438 days to shoot The Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately, you only have another 14 days to create your own masterpiece.
On Monday, December 14, submissions close for
Project: Direct
, YouTube's annual short film competition. If you miss the deadline, you could also miss your chance to attend the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and to meet with the festival's Director of Programming, as well as to see your film screened at a festival event and distributed on DVD to hundreds of industry executives.
Don't let this happen! Make a short film, no more than five minutes long, creatively incorporating three props: choose two of those props from a list of 25 made famous by films from the Sundance Film Festival, and your third prop must be a red phone. To see the list of 25 props, visit
youtube.com/projectdirect
and select "Choose Props."
Remember that this contest is only open to users in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil, Spain, Italy and France, however we encourage users outside those regions to send films to
filmz@youtube.com
for a chance to be featured on the site.
Good luck!
Sara P.
YouTube Film
Welcome New FANalysts
Jumat, 28 November 2008
We recently added two new football FANalysts to our roster off the waiver wire, and they've hit the ground running. Meet your new pigskin prognosticators:
The Young Turks: Known more for their no-nonsense political analysis, TYT are also avid (rabid?) football fans and bring that same
keen eye
to the gridiron.
CowboyTD: Vlogging from his dorm room at the University of Texas, CowboyTD makes no bones about where his loyalties lie but nonetheless has a clear grasp of what's going on league-wide and offers
solid advice
for these critical remaining weeks.
At this point in the season, a smart roster move or pick-up can make all the difference, so check back to the
FANalysts channel
every week for fantasy tips and more football talk. While you're there, check out the Take My TV Contest: upload a video showing your crummy TV before December 7, and you could win all the gear you need for a state-of-the-art entertainment room from Circuit City.
Thanks!
Andrew B.
YouTube Sports
Guru Challenge: Thanksgiving Recipes
Rabu, 26 November 2008
Thanksgiving is about many things: expressing gratitude for the good things in life, being with family and – let's be frank – eating. Turkey, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie: you know the drill. But, sadly, these things don't cook themselves, which is why we geared the latest
Guru Challenge
towards finding the finest Thanksgiving recipes that YouTube has to offer.
Operating as an element of the
Holiday Solutions Center
, designed to guide you through Thanksgiving troubles, Hannukah hitches and the cold chill of Christmas, we have brought together videos that we believe will help smooth your path towards a memorable holiday dinner.
The thorny issue of Thanksgiving dinner hopefully addressed, remember that the
Holiday Solutions Center
isn't all about cooking tips. We've got decorating masterclasses, advice on plotting a pain-free path through the gift giving process, and bright ideas galore across the board. It's a digital database of smart solutions.
So, thanks to everyone who submitted a video to the challenge and congratulations to the garlanded Gurus. Here's to an unforgettable Thanksgiving – and one that the
Holiday Solutions Center
has hopefully made a tiny bit tastier thanks to our creative cooks.
Happy Holidays,
Sadia H.
YouTube HowTo & Style
Bigger Isn't Always Better... But in This Case, We Believe It Is
Senin, 24 November 2008
Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you about what you'd like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind. That's why today we're excited to announce a bigger YouTube player.
We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience. And don't worry, your 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play just fine in this new player.
As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to
share your thoughts with us
on this exciting, new change happening for all videos on YouTube.
Have fun watching!
The YouTube Team
Help Center Videos Made By You: Call for Submissions - Round 2
Kamis, 20 November 2008
Last month we took video submissions from the YouTube community to be included in our Help Center. We received a ton of creative, informative videos and have embedded six of them in our Help entries. Check out the
Round 1 selections
in the Favorites section of the
YouTubeHelp channel
.
Based on such great success last month, we are opening the floodgates for Round 2! We're asking you again to use your skills to create videos that we can embed in our Help Center. If selected, your video will be seen by many of the 1+ million users who visit the
Help Center
each day.
To participate, here's what you need to do:
1. Decide which
Help Center entries
you'd like to make an original video about:
Editing my video
Customizing channels
Contact lists
Transferring from camera to computer
File formats
Embedding videos
Can't hear audio
Clear cache and cookies
Using QuickCapture
Director, Musician, Comedian, Guru and Reporter accounts
2. Upload your video to your YouTube account, then submit it through
this page
.
Here are a few tips to help you along the way:
Keep it brief
(1-2 minutes is perfect. Last round we got some epics, which were great, but just too long).
Be creative, clear and 100% original
Stay on topic
(only submissions which address the Help Center entries included in the list above will be accepted)
Keep our
Terms of Use
and
Community Guidelines
in mind
Have fun with it
The deadline for submitting your video is
December 19, 2008
.
Grab a camera and show off your helpful community spirit!
The YouTube Help Team
YouTube Live! The Buzz Builds...
Rabu, 19 November 2008
Is Katy Perry really going to
dress as a tube
to sing
"Hot And Cold"
? Who are
The League of Extraordinary Dancers
, and what is their mission? Has
Tay Zonday
unwittingly stumbled upon the solution to The Economic Crisis? The answers to all these questions and more lie but three days away…
This coming Saturday, November 22, YouTube hosts
YouTube Live
– the first ever live streaming event on the site, designed to celebrate our extravagantly talented user community. In preparation for the big day, today on YouTube's home page we present a selection of videos from some of the personalities you have come to know and love – and one from
Nalts
:
Brilliant
beatboxing
, perfectly formed
philology
,
Will.i.am
and
Soulja Boy Tellem
… all these elements are going to come together at YouTube Live, and the best part is you don't need a ticket to attend – or even to be in the country. Starting at 5PM PST/8PM EST, YouTube will bring you the entire show, streaming live as it sparks into life and builds to a thunderous climax at Fort Mason Center's Herbst Pavilion in San Francisco. Part concert, part variety show and part party, YouTube Live is like… well… it's like YouTube. Only Live.
We hope you are as excited as we are to see all of this talent gathered in one place for your continued entertainment. Enjoy today's preview of the big day as participants announce their arrival and start to rehearse for the big event. Join us
online
!
Have fun,
The YouTube Team
Project: Report - Local Stories, Global Impact
Senin, 17 November 2008
Since the launch of
Project: Report
, aspiring journalists from around the world have produced video reports on issues not covered by the traditional media. Voting for Round 2 is complete, and the panel of journalists from the
Pulitzer Center
is in the process of tallying the final counts. Tomorrow, we will announce which five of the 10 semi-finalists will advance to the final round of competition and get one step closer to the $10,000 journalism fellowship to report on a story abroad.
Tomorrow, these five finalists begin their work on the third and final assignment: produce a piece of collaborative storytelling that empowers an underrepresented community to share its own story with the world. First, choose a group of people rarely covered by the traditional media. Then, let them use the camera to document their own lives.
The video must be five minutes or less. All entries must be submitted in English or have English subtitles. For those of you who were not selected as finalists, you can still complete the Round 3 assignment to compete for additional technology prizes from Sony Vaio and Intel.
If you're looking for some examples, take a look at
this video
from Pulitzer Center journalist Andre Lambertson on child soldiers in Liberia. He also
offers tips
for how to produce a piece of collaborative storytelling.
All accepted entries will be reviewed by a panel of journalists from the Pulitzer Center and judged based on the depth of the reporting, the clarity of the narrative, and the power of the story. The videos from the five finalists will also be voted on by the YouTube community.
Though only five reporters will move on to the final round, all ten of the semi-finalists produced impressive work, and in today's homepage takeover, we feature the videos they submitted in Round 2, each of which tells a story unfolding in a local community that touches on global themes and issues.
We hope you enjoy!
Yours,
Olivia M.
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