We Are The Media

Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2005

This is a video mashup/collage of stock footage and members of the vlogosphere. I feel like we are all one big group of friends fighting to make grassroots media a force to be reckoned with. Keep reciting the slogan and know that it is true! Take corporate media’s power away!


We Are The Media
Music: The Revolution - BT

Vloggers Quoted:
John Tobin, Steve Garfield, Eric Rice, Charlene, Matt, Ryanne, Karmagrrrl, Jay, Sara Weagel, Aaron Flores, Jonny Goldstien, Annie, Ian, Dylan Verdi, Richard BF, Chuck, Raymond, Verdi, Amy, Brian Gonzalez, Peter, Phil Hamilton, Rocketboom, Chris Daniel, Bottom Union, Shannon Noble, Gabe, Josh Leo


45 Comments for 'We Are The Media'

  1.  
    April 26, 2005 | 10:01 pm
     

    That was a nice piece o’ work right there. All that time importing paid off.

    Vlogging is still kind of a new thing and yet all the work that has been done is amazing to see.

    .Phil

  2.  
    April 26, 2005 | 10:44 pm
     

    Links to those vloggers ‘quoted’?

    Please. :)

  3.  
    April 26, 2005 | 10:51 pm
     

    Nice work Josh! We are the media!

  4.  
    April 26, 2005 | 11:01 pm
     

    Josh,this video is excellent very well edited,the time it took has payed off.I was waiting for someone to make a vid like this .cool well done bud.
    awaiting video/audio chat.

  5.  
    April 26, 2005 | 11:11 pm
     

    that’s what it’s all about. great work josh! :)

  6.  
    April 26, 2005 | 11:16 pm
     

    Really cool, time well spent, I like it.

  7.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:23 am
     

    vlogger-ific!

  8.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:28 am
     

    Yea!! I was cheering. Very cool.

  9.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:37 am
     

    Nice Josh. As always I’m impressed.

  10.  
    April 27, 2005 | 1:23 am
     

    Holy Smokes! I watched that 3 times it was so cool! I just started playing with vlogs today and . . . WOW! Great stuff!

  11.  
    April 27, 2005 | 2:25 am
     

    i am speechless. i have to watch this “looootsa times” more.

    i can’t really speak for the rest of the community, but wow. thanks for making this. :) the effort/love/thought put into this is amazing.

  12.  
    April 27, 2005 | 3:20 am
     

    very nice work
    you definitely got editing skillz
    and you make great videos.
    looking forward to
    everything.

  13.  
    Stu
    April 27, 2005 | 3:58 am
     

    Weee :)
    This is awesome :D
    Good work Josh, awesome editing!!
    m/ rock!

  14.  
    April 27, 2005 | 4:34 am
     

    Cool. I think more people need to make more videos that are a collage of what they find interesting, or present some sort of idea. I mean talking to the camera is great, but I like to see another person’s creation like this, it’s just another angle from their perspective.

    There should be some sort of collage/montage theme week where people mash together stuff that they like and post it creatively to help some of us get a better idea of who we are talking to.

    PS I have an idea how to do that satellite map zoom effect you have in your intro but it seems really tedious, how did you do yours? Maybe it really IS tedious?

  15.  
    April 27, 2005 | 4:35 am
     

    that was amazing..there are just so many people involved! your video really showed how much of a community videoblogging has created.

  16.  
    April 27, 2005 | 9:46 am
     

    Woo Hoo!! Sign me up! Great vid.

    *hurries off to work on his blog roll out plan*

    - Dave
    http://www.davidmeade.com

  17.  
    April 27, 2005 | 9:48 am
     

    Yeah! Wow, super awesome work, and great editing.

  18.  
    liz
    April 27, 2005 | 10:24 am
     

    props josh.

  19.  
    April 27, 2005 | 10:34 am
     

    I love the different ways you picked out each blogger, I like the music, and the way you worked with it to fit your editing. I like the cuts and rewind, I like you josh leo, I like you.

  20.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:24 pm
     

    Josh Leo - You rock!

    This is so cool.

    And the amazing thing about it is that you have selected clips from
    bloggers that are right on.

    I love that baby reaching out to the camera! LOVE IT!
    –Steve

  21.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:29 pm
     

    What was great about that was there were people in there I didn’t recognize!

    Sexy stuff man.

  22.  
    April 27, 2005 | 12:40 pm
     

    RAWK!
    (er….VLRAWK?)

    Did you make this song in Garageband?

  23.  
    April 27, 2005 | 1:02 pm
     

    damn that rocked. Josh, you are a vloggywood star!

  24.  
    April 27, 2005 | 3:53 pm
     

    love it!

  25.  
    Anonymous
    April 27, 2005 | 8:07 pm
     

    Good job Josh! I love these types of videos… remixing the vlogosphere.

    In no time you’ll have 100+ feedburner subscribers too. Just wait and see.

    Aaron
    thevoiz.com

  26.  
    April 27, 2005 | 11:54 pm
     

    Josh,
    This was a great promo for videoblogging. It shows the growth of this form of communication and many of the people involved. It must have taken a lot of time to compile and edit. However, I do have one suggestion. I didn’t know many of the people featured, and would have liked callouts or lower-thirds within the video. I don’t want to create more work for you, but if you can do that, this video can be a wonderful tool to promote videoblogging to people outside the community.

  27.  
    April 28, 2005 | 3:04 am
     

    Stop that!

    Stop, kicking so much ass. It’s annoying me. I can’t go a week without someone telling me to check out your latest vlog post. It’s annoying!

    Of course I’m joking about being annoyed. You rock! Keep kicking ass.

    BTW, Names would be cool as Josh mentioned. Perhaps Adrian Miles could give you a hand on putting hyperlinks IN the video, though the cuts are so short perhaps just names is enough.

    Cheers!

  28.  
    Anonymous
    April 28, 2005 | 12:32 pm
     

    I love it!
    ~Andrea

  29.  
    R
    April 28, 2005 | 2:55 pm
     

    rAdicAL!

  30.  
    Roger
    April 28, 2005 | 3:03 pm
     

    very cool. you are my favorite revolution.

  31.  
    April 28, 2005 | 4:47 pm
     

    Just watched it again. Even aside from the ego massage of seeing my own face in there (lower…lower…that’s it…aaahhhhh). This is powerful stuff. Thanks for making this.

    P.S. Your rant looked good on the big screen in NYC last night.

  32.  
    April 28, 2005 | 6:39 pm
     

    Doh, As Yves points out, I’m an idiot, that comment about callouts was to Josh, not from Josh. I guess I need to take the time to read things a little more closer. Stupid mistake.

    Reading is fundamental. :)

  33.  
    Anonymous
    April 28, 2005 | 7:21 pm
     

    I really liked this video. I’ve watched it several times. Good editing, good music. Very well done. I also liked the baby reaching out bit. :-)
    – Blair

  34.  
    April 28, 2005 | 10:11 pm
     

    Well, it’s been said 32 times before me, but I’ll say it again, great video josh!

  35.  
    April 28, 2005 | 10:37 pm
     

    #1 this video made me want to fuck every videoblogger.

    #2 can you feel it? we’re going to change things.

    #3 do NOT listen to anyone who says other wise.

  36.  
    April 28, 2005 | 11:46 pm
     

    So umm… like how on earth do you get so many comments??? Yeah, good video, check. Good plug for your 1st rant, check. And like Eric said, so many new faces!

  37.  
    April 29, 2005 | 12:08 am
     

    It is one thing to paint a picture, but it is far more glorious to carve the very atmosphere through which we look. (Thoreau) Awesome Job!!!

    http://walkingonscorpions.blogspot.com/2005/02/it-is-one-thing-to-paint-picture-but.html

  38.  
    April 29, 2005 | 9:29 am
     

    Ladies and Gentlmen, I beleive we have our unoffical vlogger promo here. We need to get this sucker on MTV or something. No what am I saying? Screw MTV, we are the ANT TV generation!!!! Awesome!

  39.  
    April 29, 2005 | 3:18 pm
     

    H O L Y F U C K !!!
    that fucking rocked my pants off because I creamed all over them.
    that was amazing josh -WE (the media) SHOULD BE SHOWING THIS TO EVERYONE ON EARTH as a representation of what we are about. VIVA LA REVOLUCION!

    -taxiplasm
    http://gnitseretni.blogspot.com

  40.  
    May 1, 2005 | 12:41 pm
     

    Hey cool, my request was fulfilled. Thanks :)

  41.  
    May 3, 2005 | 12:26 pm
     

    CRRRACK!!!! home run, dood. BT ROCKS, too! thx for televising.

  42.  
    May 22, 2005 | 4:05 pm
     

    Wow! … what an artist … gave me goose bumps … you’re a natural … thanks!

  43.  
    May 25, 2005 | 6:05 pm
     

    I’m just seeing this now. Totally amazing! I bet it feels good getting all these positive comments. That had to have taken hours of work to edit. I’m fairly new to videoblogging, but am really REALLY excited about it, especially after watching this. Thanks!

  44.  
    July 22, 2005 | 8:38 pm
     

    Kickass!!! That rules. I was just playing with that song… but your editing kicks ass.

  45.  
    July 5, 2006 | 3:22 pm
     

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