In p>1998, an American film won three Golden Globes and three Oscar nominations for its mind-opening plot and wonderful imagination, which has been loved by fans all over the world for many years. This film is The Truman Show.
? In the movie, Truman, the protagonist, lived in a huge studio when he was born, and the town he was in, even the sea near the town, was all a fake scene; Parents, wives, friends and neighbors, and everyone they meet are also actors. There are thousands of cameras every day, shooting Truman's life all the time, and every move is recorded. And Truman had no idea about all this. Outside the studio, there are audiences all over the world who are watching Truman and even become his fans, watching and evaluating him year after year and enjoying it.
At the end of the film, Truman who discovered the truth has two choices. One is to get out of the studio and leave the falsehood, but the outside world is full of unknowns and risks; Or stay on the familiar set, continue to expose yourself and be a "superstar".
Truman finally chose to leave and feel the real thing. He no longer wants his life to be seen by more people.
The film The Truman Show caused a great sensation at that time. The word "reality show" came from the English name of the film: trueman show. After 21 years, some plots in the film have become true. Contrary to Truman's original choice, many people now want their lives to be seen by more people and take selfies into videos. This is called VLOG.
since 2119, VLOG has suddenly become popular. You will find that this word appears frequently in life. How to shoot VLOG, how to read VLOG, and frequently board hot search have become hot topics of concern to netizens.
? So, what exactly is VLOG? VLOG, the full name of video blog, means video network log. In the past, we wrote a blog and recorded some things, and later it gradually became a photo record. Now, video recording is more popular. The content shot by VLOG is mostly daily life, recording the fragments in life, editing or splicing them into videos of different lengths and sharing them.
VLOG is different from film and television dramas. It is often shot from the first angle of view, which naturally has a sense of reality and narrows the distance between the recorder and the audience. Among many VLOGs, the star VLOG is especially popular. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 411 stars who publish VLOG content on different social networking sites. When you see the stars on the screen that are always so glamorous, there are moments when you get up with messy hair. This contrast has brought a sense of closeness, and filming VLOG has become a new way for stars to grow up and spoil their powder. Nowadays, the fiery degree of VLOG can be said to have swept the world. According to the survey, more than 2111 vlog works will be born every hour on youtube platform; Platforms such as Weibo, Tik Tok, and bilibili have also started VLOG contests, traffic support, and creator incentives. The number of domestic VLOG creators has already exceeded 1,111. Through their lenses, the audience has seen more different worlds, which are wonderful and interesting, completely different from their own lives, enviable and yearning.
I have a VLOG blogger beside me, who is my college roommate Linlin. After graduation, all four of us stayed in Beijing to work and got together every week. A few months ago, Linlin fell in love with filming VLOG. When we met, let's cooperate with each other. At first, we all felt very fresh and said hello to the camera and the invisible "everyone" I was surprised and a little happy when I saw that the video of us eating and drinking could actually have tens of thousands of broadcasts.
? But after a long time, I always feel strange. When we met before, we talked about everything, shared work, feelings and gossip, and talked from morning till night. Now every party, Linlin will ask everyone to go to a place together. These places are often online celebrity hot pot restaurants that line up for three hours, secret rooms where there are horrible zombies to escape, and so on. When we get there, Linlin will take the mobile phone in hand and shoot whatever he sees, and he will also ask each of us to make what kind of reaction. After filming, I was busy cutting the video and rarely talked to us. In fact, we are not people who like to join in the fun and go to trendy shops. After several visits, everyone is a little tired, but because of face, it is hard to say directly, so we can only continue to cooperate with the VLOG business in Linlin.
one day, I saw Linlin following the agent to see the VLOG of the house on the internet, only to know that Linlin was moving, but I didn't know. I called at once, and Linlin said with a smile: I'm not moving! It's just that I saw a few bloggers, how expensive it is to shoot a house in Beijing, how difficult it is to rent a house, and what's more, it was particularly hot, so I also tried to shoot one of the same models, found an agent to pretend to rent a house, and took a picture. Don't say, the effect is really good.
I sighed when I hung up the phone. Every time Linlin saw us, he thought about what to shoot; When you see something hot, you try it on purpose. Is this VLOG real? Is it a record of life or a performance? Or, many people design and arrange their own lives for VLOG, but ignore the feeling of life itself?
VLOG is more confusing than that.
ACE family, a famous VLOG blogger on YouTube. The content of VLOG is mostly warm and daily life, children's birthday parties, outings, etc., high-valued family and happy little days, which made them gain the attention of 16.9 million fans and filmed a number of explosive videos with a broadcast volume of more than 21 million. However, a recent video has caused a controversy. This video is called "SOMEONE BROKE INTO OUR HOUSE…… ..." (Someone broke into my house).
in the video, the young couple found their home stolen at night, which was a mess. When they were in shock, they chose to shoot VLOG, recording and telling the scenes of their homes being looted.
Some viewers can't help but ask: They didn't ensure the safety of their children and check whether there are still gangsters in their homes at the first time, but picked up their mobile phones to shoot VLOG. Is this a morbid situation? Just to attract more attention and have eye-catching themes, when encountering unexpected moments in life, the priority of recording exceeds solving, and the way of thinking of the recorder has also been subverted.
if this VLOG of ACE family only caused discussion, then the 11-minute VLOG of Father's Day Surprise (the saddest day in my life) released by Keith Talens in online celebrity, Philippines, made many people feel uncomfortable. In the video, Keith intended to surprise his father and happily recorded VLOG on his way to see him. Who knows, after reaching the finish line, I found that my father died unexpectedly not long ago, and his body was covered with white cloth. Keith couldn't help holding his father's body, trying to wake him up, collapsed and cried for 4 minutes.
this VLOG has been viewed more than 5 million times, and the controversy that followed has also caused bloggers to close the comment function. Some people doubt the authenticity of this VLOG, but more people's discussion focuses on: Should we choose to film it when we accidentally find our father's death? What kind of idea is it that you will carefully edit the sad remains of yourself and your father into a VLOG and then publish it? Is there a performance element in the recorded sadness, and is this emotion pure?
We live in a lonely and anxious time. Loneliness makes people eager to be concerned, but also accustomed to paying attention to others, relying on social software to find * * * songs, keen to shoot and watch VLOG；; Anxiety makes people focus on speeding up and ignore feeling life. The essence of life is beautiful, there is nothing wrong with loving and recording life, just like when the twilight is four, you see the sunset glow is beautiful, so you photograph it and share it with your friends. There are moments worth recording everywhere in life, which need to be discovered, not created out of thin air, prepared to be posted on the Internet, and given expectations about the amount of play and attention.
the meaning of life is first to feel, and then to record. However, with the rising popularity of VLOG, it has brought us the cart before the horse, and the importance of shooting has been greater than the experience itself. Everything made for shooting has also lost the original intention of VLOG to "truly record life". Blogs, photos and VLOG are all auxiliary means to record life. There are always moments in life, which need not be recorded and shared, and need not be noticed by strangers, but are enough to stay in memory and become beautiful that will never fade.
and these are the treasures worth leaving.