Comments on: AdAge.com Investigates YouTube Semi-Pro Producers

By: asittingduck

asittingduck — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:30:51 +0000

Good article!, myself and Luke Hyde are aiming to make one episode every calender month, making asittingducktv worth subscribing to and I’ve seen my website hits go from 300 a month to 1,000 a month which I’m really happy about!…
I’m going to take your advice and stick to the main character which is Candy The Magic Dinosaur and we are making sub characters like neon boy and griff the dog and also a crazy pirate which is under wraps at the moment but he’s ready to animate in flash!, would love any feedback on episode 1, drop me a line in the youtube comments box!,

Thanks

David Edwards

By: Seez

Seez — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:09:57 +0000

Zekey, you mean the ones that creep up in the lower third of the video while it’s playing? Oooh, I don’t dig that at all. Almost as bad as popup ads.

By: Zekey

Zekey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:43:14 +0000

I wonder how much those ad impressions on youtube make. I note Youtube forces ads into things that get alot of views even if the uploader isn’t a “partner”

seems kinda backhanded.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:25:31 +0000

niko – you’re exactly the artist who is going to stake your claim on youtube. you’re prolific, funny and you’ve got a defined style. don’t beat yourself up – you’re half the way there!

By: Niko Anesti

Niko Anesti — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:26:05 +0000

Great article, especially for me because this is the kind of stuff I’ve been really concerned with lately. I mean I’m not trying to become the next Youtube star or anything, but I do hope to utilize it to get some more people to watch my cartoons regularly. But the last paragraph you’ve written here is the kind of advice I’ve really been looking for. I still don’t really know what I’m going to do about the voice acting in my cartoons because I don’t want that to bring everything else down; the last time I did a voice record was really awkward since I am now more conscious of it. But anyway, this really is great, thanks for posting it.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:00:34 +0000

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By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:16:26 +0000

i bet he could have said “the entire reason for Youtube’s dismal….” and it would stick. i’d give them time to roll up some real content deals and we’ll see it grow. while hulu has arguable the best comedy shows on their network, there’s plenty of good stuff around – in fact, there’s an ocean of good stuff. i’m sure these deals take a while, but youtube will put up a good fight.

By: Seez

Seez — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:03:17 +0000

That is a very inspiring article, however, when the author makes the side note:

“(Granted, part of YouTube’s dismal numbers for studio-produced shows are because its TV catalog consists of titles such as “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Fantasy Island,” not current hits such as “30 Rock” and “24.”). ”

He doesn’t really offer a counter-argument to this point. He doesn’t say what “the other part” is. So a lot of the argument he is building has no real basis of fact, at least not here.