I was browsing the torrent of emails from the VideoBlogging Yahoo Group and I came upon this email:
Friends…
Didn’t know where else to get this out there, thought it was definitely worth sharing. I read Francois Truffaut’s biography in the fall, and wrote this down, well before I knew anything about vlogging, it was something I was trying to achieve in my own films, and now I realize he predicted vlogging well before digital technology became so readily accessible (he died in 1984).
For those of you interested, here’s the quote:
"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary. The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them: it may be the story of their first love or their most recent; of their political awakening; the story of a trip, a sickness, their military service, their marriage, their last vacation…and it will be enjoyable because it will be true and new…The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure. The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has. The film of tomorrow will be an act of love."
–Francois Truffaut
much respect…
This e-mail led me to what has to be my favorite video blog post of all time.
I enjoyed it so much I did my own little remix (I simply put the original track over top of the video)
Much respect to you Erik.
