3 videos response

In the first video with Will Ferrell, it is obvious how this would reach a younger audience. Everyone knows how funny Will Ferrell is if you have ever seen Anchorman, Step-Brothers, or any of the other hilarious Will Ferrell movies, so it is not hard to see why a younger audience would want to watch this video, even if it is speaking about a not so funny topic.

In the second vidoe, we're number 37, the content is presented to you in sort of a song form with a very fast paced, uptempo feel to it. In this day in age, people have such short attention spans and are easily distracted, so a slow documentary type presentation would not be nearly as effective, especially to the younger generation. Also, I feel that this video is almost the definition of postmodernity because it is a self-made video which a man has created and is now spreading around the world without the help of a major filming company. The ability to do something like this is a very postmodern idea.

The last video is pretty much the complete opposite of what I said was good about the first two videos. The first two were short, sweet, and to the point, but the last one required a lot more time than I would normally spend watching a video. That short attention span idea comes back into play because there are not many people, including myself, who are willing to sit there and watch a youtube video which is almost 10 minutes long. Also, I do not feel taht this video is really postmodern in any way because it was basically just people talking with nothing really catchy about it that would make me remember it. I believe that the information in the video is useful, but I think that it was simply presented to us in the wrong way.