That YouTube Book (1913 Edition)

OK, It's not about YouTube. And Alan didnt write it. It's about the movies. And David Hulfish wrote it. But it's a fascinating parallel to the YouTube book by Alan and Michael.

"Motion-Picture Work" by David S. Hulfish (1913-1911)
Browse at Google Books
http://bit.ly/HUMN

"YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts" by Alan Lastufka & Michael W. Dean
Buy at amazon.com
http://tinyurl.com/youtubebook

Alan's YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/fallofautumndistro

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[mickeleh]

Forget Hollywood, can YouTube make money from a vlogger? Certainly the top tier of most popular YouTube channels are profitable, but the system overall is costing Google much more than it earns.

[Evangeline1974]

Another fantastic video, Mikeleh! Can't wait for the next one.

[mickeleh]

Thanks. I can't wait either. The next one is almost done. (I'm loving it so far. Hope you do too.)

[sguttag]

Nice job Mickeleh! Having been in the cinema industry for nearly 30-years, a committee member of the SMPTE, as well as a member of IATSE, I particularly like the 1913 book reference, though it is one (of many), I have not read. As to hand cranking a projector...remember too, with Nitrate film, cranking too slow could have nasty results!

May I suggest the Audio Cyclopedia by Howard M. Tremaine. It prety much covers sound of its day in one handy book, including cinema sound.

-Steve

[mickeleh]

Thanks, Steve. I'll check out that audio book. According to Hulfish, the old projectors had a fire shutter to protect the film from the heat of the arc lamps. Some of them would fall automatically if the projector stopped cranking. Others would fall if the projector dropped below a certain speed.

Most city ordinances required a fire shutter, sometimes called the safety shutter.

[sguttag]

All of the fire shutters on the projectors that I've seen of that era were speed based...which could be tricky as D.W. Grffith was notorious for slow cranking to save on film costs (think 10-12fps).

The Fire shutter the localities would require were over the projection ports themselves and are still called for today, if running Nitrate. Some still call for them if the seat count exceeds a certain number.

-Steve

[mickeleh]

Thanks for the extra info on fire shutters. And extra thanks for the tidbit on Griffith. I had no idea.

[fallofautumndistro]

That was the best video made so far about the book, even beating out the one Michael and I made. lol

Thanks Mickeleh!

[TheBeeOBee]

very clever. lol. I just read the book 2 nights ago and found it to be well worth my $30.

[moonlady3000]

xD I had to pause for a second after you'd read all the alternate names for Alan's channel. I was lol'ing pretty hard.

[leokimvideo]

adding this as a select fav

[leokimvideo]

Great video, I do work in the industry the red book covers..

Just on youtube, Andy Warhol had his famous "15 minutes of fame." quote.

Peter Weir via the Truman Show showed us a society addicted to watching via a life via video.

But no one predicted the rise of the vlogger, this has been youtubes giant, in fact it's sent shock waves through all forms of media as we know it.

How can Hollywood make money from a vlogger..?

I bet they are still trying to work this out.

[eldritchowl]

"well, that can't be right."

you, my good sir, are quite brilliant. i found you via vlogramen and have been catching up on your videos since.