1) Special Effects: In videos you can add in actions and throw things at the camera in order to keep the watchers attention. In a blog post the best I can do is put in brackets (whip 14 foot scarf over head). You may get the gist of my action by putting it in brackets, but it would be far more interesting to actually see this amazingly long scarf whip majestically in the wind, which it does.
2) Appeals To More Senses: In a blog post all you can do is look at the words and maybe visualise what it looks like, while in a video you can see and hear exactly what it looks like. I can try my best to describe something to you, but if I'm bias about the object I'm describing you could end up with a faulty image of what I am trying to describe. Videos can help with some things that are indescribable such as a sunset. Honestly I prefer reading but I am aware that many people would rather see things for themselves instead of having things described to them.
3) It's Easier For Fans To Get Obsessive: To prove my point on this I am going to use the You Tuber Charlie is so cool like for an example. If you were a young teenage girl reading the sentence Hi, my name is Charlie written by him, your not going to think, "Wow, he's my future boyfriend, look at his writing it's so sexy." Now if you watch him say, "Hi, my name is Charlie", and hear his accent and see his cute face, then you may become a tad bit obsessive.
4) There Are Links To More Videos: You start off searching for one video and end up watching twenty because after every video there are links after as well as links in the sidebar that all relate to the current video that you are watching. The links have interesting titles that intrigue the viewers of the first video to find out what this other video is all about.
5) It's Used and Referred To Often: I have watched online videos in various classes at school and I have quite a few friends who watch and talk about online videos on a regular basis. With so many people watching and finding videos that they want to share the time being wasted tends to add up.
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Oi Becca guess what, I'm eight posts behind. Seeing as it's summer holidays for me I will be writing shorter posts. Also I may consider adding some videos on. Put some input in the comments.
Doctor Who Quote
A quote from the ninth doctor.
Mickey: I bet you don't even remember my name!
The Doctor: Ricky.
Mickey: It's Mickey!
The Doctor: No, it's Ricky.
Mickey: I think I know my own name!
The Doctor: You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?
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