Through the always interesting site of web designer Mike Davidson, I came across a new site called Our Media, which looks really promising. Here's a blurb from their mission statement:
Create. Share. Get noticed. That's what Our Media is about.Our Media is a global community and learning center where you can gain visibility for your works of personal media. We'll host your media forever - for free.
Video blogs, photo albums, home movies, podcasting, digital art, documentary journalism, home-brew political ads, music videos, audio interviews, digital storytelling, children's tales, Flash animations, student films, mash-ups - all kinds of digital works have begun to flourish as the Internet rises up alongside big media as a place where we'll gather to inform, entertain and astound each other.
Sounds good, no?
Already I've found something I really like. I haven't seen music videos in ages, I don't even know where to go to find them these days. MTV? No. VH1? Nope. Our Media has got them though.
The featured video is from an artist named Sam Bisbee. Ever heard of him? No? Me neither. Doesn't matter. You should check out his "You Are Here" video.
Like I've said, I haven't seen a whole lot of music videos lately, so I don't know how revolutionary this one is, but I've never seen anything like it. The whole video is shot looking down at a coffee table while a pile of pictures, taken at short increments, is stacked (or sometimes removed) on the table. The effect is almost like looking at video, well, maybe like looking at video with every other frame removed. It's totally cool. And the music isn't bad either.
I'm not prepared to say whether or not Our Media and the power of the Internet is going to sweep Mr. Bisbee into the national consciousness, but I wouldn't be surprised. Check it out tell me what you think.
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