Video and video podcasts: playing to LA’s strengths
December 10th, 2007 by Benjamin KuoSpeaking of videos, the rise in interest in both video and video podcasts on the Internet is playing to the strengths of Los Angeles, in terms of the production talent and actors. There’s enough “latent talent” that has been attracted to Los Angeles, trying to get into Hollywood, that it’s much easier to find folks who know how to film, produce, direct, and star in whatever might tickle your fancy. Provided the economic model holds up, I suspect the area here has a serious competitive advantage in the future of online video simply because of the access to talent. There’s been enough said about all of the content being produced for the web (everything from projects like Lonelygirl15 to Eisner’s Prom Queen)–but you’re even seeing efforts here which you might expect out of Silicon Valley — for example technology-industry video blogs like BoingBoing TV (from DECA, here in SoCal); WebbAlert - out of Los Angeles; and Mahalo Daily.
