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By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Wednesday squibs

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Wednesday squibs — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:27 +0000

[...] Video on Flickr: An apple of dischord. The still image folk are apparently not happy with pro users being able to upload 90 second clips. Related: A bit of discussion about what Flickr video may mean for journalists is going on over at Paul Bradshaw’s place. [...]

By: Mark A. Dodge Medlin

Mark A. Dodge Medlin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:52:32 +0000

A lot of good newspaper videos run about two minutes, so 90 seconds seems a reasonable limit. Flickr seems less unwieldy and easier to navigate than YouTube, and that along with the time limit makes me optimistic about the addition of video.

Also, the first Flickr video I watched was this bit of hilariousness, so I already think the addition is a success.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:10:02 +0000

For journalistic purposes, 90 seconds might be sufficient. As technology expands, our attention spans are getting shorter. But I agree with Pete that for artistic purposes, most video makers will need more than a minute and a half to express themselves.

By: Adam Tinworth

Adam Tinworth — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:35:09 +0000

I think the enforced shortness is probably a boon – we’re certainly encouraging journalists to make video as short and snappy as possible, and 90 secs seems like the upper limit of what people will accept in a “atmosphere” vid,

It might make people think a lot harder about video length.

By: Keri Davies

Keri Davies — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:37:30 +0000

Interesting this. I’ve just come back from Japan, mainly taking stills but shooting a few very short snippets as video, when that medium summarised the scene more effectively. I cut them together as a less-than-a-minute montage. The natural home for this would be with the other stills on Flickr:

http://flickr.com/photos/38857952@N00/collections/72157604420344880/

rather than isolated on YouTube.

(I’m also not very happy with the technical quality of the uploaded video on YouTube but that’s probably another issue)

By: Pete Lewis

Pete Lewis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:26:45 +0000

I’m not convinced that this will work, since flickr is primarily about sharing art. Is there a need for 90 second video clips in this category.

But, I think that by limiting it to 90 seconds, people will have to think a bit more about what makes the cut, than say with YouTube. So maybe the videos will be more wheat and less chaff.