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Filipino Video Bloggers Part 1

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Although I had a You Tube account as early as February of 2006, I didn’t start making video blogs until “Komikero Video Blog #1“, several months later in July.

By “video blogging” I mean sitting in front of the camera and talking, offering views, opinions, stories etc., very much like the standard blogs many people have on Blogspot, Livejournal, or WordPress, but only this time, people can see you talk, instead of them just reading what you say.

Although I resist certain technologies (I own no, and have no plans of owning iPods or cellphones), I have taken to the Internet rather completely. I have had my own personal website with a diary/journal since 1997, and I’m quite open to try a lot of new things including twittering, networking, chatting, and a lot of other things.

When I began video blogging in July 2006, it was me trying out something that was for me, brand new. I had assumed that a lot of people have already tried it, specially fellow Filipinos, many of whom have embraced the Internet as completely as I have, and even more so.

But reflecting upon it a year later, I found myself wondering why Filipinos haven’t embraced video blogging as much as they have text blogging. The fact that “Video Blogging” didn’t have a separate category in the recent Philippine Blog Awards, or a significant topic in the recent iBlog3 Philippine Blogging summit, seem to indicate a lack of interest in the video blogging, or perhaps it’s something that Filipinos might be too self conscious to do?

I have no problem in that regard because really, I have no shame. To wit:


AM I SHY OF MY SIZE?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ9rtwMYR5A

Refusing to believe that there are few Filipinos interested in “Vlogging”, I started looking around You Tube and Live Video just to see how many Filipinos I can find. And I was amazed. It seems vlogging has caught on much more with the Filipinos than I had previously believed. Here are just a few of those I found:


Morning Meest by HappySlip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTEGOxnq8M

HappySlip is undeniably the most famous Filipina vlogger. So popular are her videos that You Tube has chosen her, and a few other You Tube-ers to be the first ever to upgraded to partners, earning cold hard cash from their videos.


COFFEE by EasyRaoul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFkwOc51ID0

EasyRaoul is a vlogger I discovered only recently. He’s a Filipino living in Australia who makes really funny videos. He’s a bit older than me, I believe. But that didn’t stop him from doing all these really cool stuff in his videos.


Nyek! Video Blog #27 – Watercolouring Again by nyekvideos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqlaA20m7dw

nyekvideos is also Edgar Tadeo, a fellow comic book professional and a friend of mine. He’s been vlogging for almost as long as I have, and he definitely creates more videos that demonstrate the art of drawing than me.


Az gag video blog – grad pic in a making by popazrael

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrPHCqeXns

popazrael is also Azrael Coladilla, another friend of mine who began vlogging at almost exactly the same time I did, and since then, he has uploaded more than a hundred videos at You Tube.


video blog by toyo925

toyo925 is also Rey from Bulacan. He doesn’t have too many videos up, but I’m including him here because he’s one of the earliest vloggers I’ve found on You Tube. This video was uploaded on January 19, 2006.


I think of you by taijunlego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eggO-kAhDPk

taijunlego is also Jay Jimenez, a good friend of mine who is a musician, and member of the band J Brothers. Along with his brother and band member Jim, they are two friends who remain friends in spite of the distance and lack of communication.


CokskiBlue’s Baguio Summer Chill by CokskiBlue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJ84UWADgA

CokskiBlue is also Coy of Cavite, a relatively new vlogger, who does most of his vlogging through clever editing of still photos, music and voice over.

Allright, that’s it for the first part of my Filipino Video Bloggers post. Stay tuned sometime next week for the second part where I list even MORE Filipinos and Filipinas from all over the world actively vlogging on You Tube and Live Video.

Comments

10 Responses to “Filipino Video Bloggers Part 1”

  1. Robby Villabona on May 13th, 2007 12:48 am

    I believe the biggest reason you don’t see a lot of Filipinos video blogging is there is a very small fraction who have access to broadband Internet. Video blogging just isn’t practical on a dial-up line.

    At end 2006, broadband users were around 360,000 out of 9 million users. In that same period only 8% of households had computers (1.4 million households, or 7 million people).

    OTOH, there are close to 40 million cell phone users in the country. I think broadband access here will grow at some point when 3G (or whatever the latest wireless data standard is) reaches the right price point. That’s probably when you’ll see an explosion of video blogs (kasi kumpleto na yung equipment to record, edit, upload, and type text, and browse in one device).

  2. Azrael Coladilla on May 13th, 2007 2:23 am

    wow! gerry! thanks for featuring me!!! hahahahaha

  3. Witch Girl Pilar on May 13th, 2007 11:51 am

    I agree with Robby Villabona. Not all Filipinos get DSL, ya know. Just dial-up, yah.

    I think another reason why V-Blogging isn’t that popular in the country is because, well, maybe due to their shyness. X3

    Those are just my theories. XD

  4. Coy on May 13th, 2007 9:13 pm

    I agree. Filipinos are just too self-conscious. I, for one, “vlog” but I don’t talk in front of the camera. I feel I might get too “image” conscious. HEhe. I’m more comfortable if I speak behind the visuals.

    Most of my friends cannot view my vlogs because of their internet connection. Even if they live in Manila, Makati or other cities.

  5. anne on May 13th, 2007 9:25 pm

    Same here. I’m on dial-up. It takes forever to view a youtube video and ofcourse it takes forever to upload one. hehehe.

    Hey, i have twitter account, too, but I don’t wanna put it on my bloggage at the moment because it makes my website real slow. rawr.

    take care!

  6. Rey on May 15th, 2007 1:29 pm

    Some people just don’t like seeing themselves on videos… Like me. hehe.

  7. Ed on May 16th, 2007 4:53 am

    I really like shooting videos of other people rather than me. That’s why in my case, I shoot videos of my sketching and watercolouring.

    Oh…and I’m on 56k dial-up. Hehehehe!

    -ed

  8. benj on May 16th, 2007 11:36 pm

    Sir Gerry, I’m a big fan of your works – especially Wasted! :) Coy pointed me to this site. More power!

  9. Click Click Click Coy! « Kalansay sa Baul ni Heneroso Bistokya on May 22nd, 2007 12:36 am

    [...] Minsan lang ako magfeature ng isang tao dito sa aking blog, ito nga ata ang unang pagkakataon na mangyari ito. Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang nag-iisang photo video blogger na si Coy, hindi Bikoy, hindi Billycoy…just Coy. Kasisimula palamang niya sa mundo ng Vlogging, pero hindi sa blogging per se. Ang alam ko nagboblog din siya pero hindi ko na isusulat ang link ng blog na iyon dahil hindi na ito sakop ng aming kontrata. Marami rami na ring blogger ang nag “fefeature” sa kanyang blog dahil nga kakaiba ito gaya nila, Atheista.net, Komikero.com, at Tanggera. Marahil ay pinangakuan din niya sila, katulad ko, ng isang “video feature presentation” para sa mga bloggers na nagfeature sakanya. Siyempre kailangan ko igrab ang lahat ng opportunity para sa exposure ng aking mumunting blog kaya naman galak akong pumayag. Pero sa totoo lang, kafeature feature naman talaga itong si Coy. Pansin ko lang na nagkuquote siya sa mga sinabi sa kanya ng kanyang mga reviewers gaya ng “his video blogs are very amusing and informative …” at “…the toast of the Philippine Blogosphere…” Nagtataka tuloy ako kung ano ang ka quote quote sa pinagsasabi ko dito. [...]

  10. Cello on July 25th, 2007 1:35 am

    I agree with comment 1. In response to comment 4, check out the following:

    Filipina Teacher In New York (FILTEANY) Vlog (link below)

    http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?
    user=filteany&p=v

    (Cut and past the entire link above if
    it doesn’t direct you correctly)

    ** You can also go to youtube.com and
    search for filteany

    High Speed Internet connection recommended! Check out the videos, rate them and leave feedback.