Stacks [The Greatest Vertical Video Skit On The Internet]
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So this video was originally uploaded to InstagramTV. I thought this crazy video would put my new profile on the map. I thought, these intense edits, the likes instagram has never seen in a skit before, would put me on that top list of internet influencers. This however was wishful thinking. InstagramTV is a broken platform. Instagram didn't really know what they were going for. The first mistake was that they made it a completely seperate platform from instagram. Why not just make instagramTV a part of instagram? Many of my friends told me that InstagramTV was annoying to navigate to which made them ultimately not even touch the platform. Not only thing, but I think having vertical video as your only means of uploading is a huge mistake. Yes its easier to watch on your phone that way, but by making it mandatory, you just deleted a large amount of creators. Editing for vertical video is really strange. There is a reason why widescreen has become the norm. They should have just allowed you to upload how you want. InstagramTV could have been an actual competitor of youtube if they used their brains a little, but sadly now its just a barely used side-platform for instagram.
Regardless of that, I think I made a pretty hilarious video for it. It was so fun to act and edit. I really do miss making skits with friends. They get less views, but they are the videos that are the most fun to make. After the whole tokyo ghoul incident, I was really mad at youtube (still am). I wanted to spread out my videos to more locations so that I didn't have to rely on youtube for everything I do creatively. I rationalized making this video an exclusive by thinking that it would be the only way to build an audience on my newly made profile. This though, was probably not the move. By making exclusive, you split up your audience. Not everyone wants to switch platforms just to see certain videos a person makes. I realize that now and am instead doing a new strategy. Upload everything, everywhere and just build the audience in those particular communities with the same content. Yeah, I might upload more troll videos and pretty pictures on instagram, might complain more on twitter, and might post more on snapchat, but the overall big uploads and stuff like that will be the same regardless of platform. No more exclusives (well YouTube will still probably have more videos since it doesn't have a limit on video length). Hopefully with this new outlook, I will become huge and make big bucks and then live the happy life of sponsorship deals and merchandise. Feels good.
Oh and if you hadn't noticed, I was slightly inspired by key and Peele's Skit.
Screw King Records, Marvelous Inc, and Warner Brothers btw.