Now Everyone is a Filmmaker
With the advent of low-cost digital video cameras, still cameras that shoot video, and cell phones that shoot both still and moving images, everyone seems to be a filmmaker, and many of them want an audience. A number of services have recently appeared for video sharing on the Web, providing the audience, sometimes ratings, and occasionally revenue. The best-known Web service is YouTube, but a growing number of sites exist in finished or beta versions ready to help budding filmmakers gain viewers and share their creativity. Here are some of the options to choose from.
Eyespot A beta version service, Eyespot offers simple online video editing tools that allow trimming, titling, and transitions. The site allows posting, sharing with groups.
Google Video With a Google account, members can upload videos, tag them with metadata, and even monetize their clip by assigning a sales price.
Grouper Grouper offers posting, direct to myspace, friendster, and eBay or downloads to the viewer’s hard drive or iPod. It lets members download software to the hard drive that permits editing of music videos called "Groovies.”
Jumpcut Jumpcut lets members create, edit, and remix video online then share and rate videos.
Revver Revver is the first web-based video sharing site that pays. if people watch the video (and the embedded ad), the creator gets paid 20% of what the advertiser pays Revver. If viewers click on the Revver link at the end, the site splits the proceeds 50/50 with the creator.
Videoegg Videoegg is targeted at people who want an easy video sharing experience but requires members to download an application that embeds in a browser in order to upload. It also offers basic trimming for video beginning and end points. It facilitates posts directly to eBay, Blogger, and Typepad and makes it easy to embed the video in other sites.
Vimeo Vimeo Uses a flash wrapper to play native video formats and offers easy uploads without special tools that need to be downloaded. It provides tagging, commenting, sharing and voting. It limits uploads to 20 Mb per week but is know for its ease of use.
YouTube Everyone has heard of YouTube. It’s the place to go for the biggest audience, with 34 million visitors per month. Videos are limited to 100MB each, and each must be assigned at least three tags. The service offers ratings, favorites, and commenting.
This is a tiny sampling of the options available today. There are more than 50 other sites already sharing video over the web and even more to come.
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