VLOG era is coming: recording life or feeling life?

From 65438 to 0998, an American film won three Golden Globes and three Oscar nominations for its brain-opening plot and wonderful imagination, and it has been loved by fans all over the world for many years. The film is The Truman Show.

? In the movie, Truman, the protagonist, lived in a huge studio when he was born, and his town, even the sea near the town, was a fake scene; Parents, wives, friends, neighbors, everyone you meet is also an actor. There are thousands of cameras every day, shooting Truman's life all the time, and every move is recorded. Truman knew nothing about it. Outside the studio, audiences all over the world are watching Truman and even becoming his fans, watching him year after year, evaluating him and enjoying it.

At the end of the film, Truman who discovered the truth had two choices. One is to leave the studio and leave the falsehood, but the outside world is full of unknowns and risks; Or stay on the familiar set, continue to expose yourself and be a "superstar".

Truman finally chose to leave and feel the truth. He no longer wants his life to be seen by more people.

The movie "The The Truman Show" caused a great sensation at that time, and the word "reality show" came from the English name of this movie: trueman show. After a lapse of 2 1 year, some plots in the film have come true. Contrary to Truman's original choice, many people now want their lives to be seen by more people and make selfies into videos. This is called VLOG.

From 20 19, VLOG suddenly became popular. You will find that this word appears frequently in your life. How to shoot VLOG, how to look at VLOG, and frequent hot searches have become hot topics of concern to netizens.

? So, what exactly is VLOG? VLOG, the full name of video blog, means video network log. We used to write a blog and record some things, but later it gradually became a photo record. Now, video is more popular. The content of VLOG shooting is mostly daily life, recording the fragments in life, editing or splicing different videos to share.

VLOG is different from film and television drama. It is often shot from the first perspective, which is naturally realistic and brings the distance between the recorder and the audience closer. Among many VLOG, star VLOG is especially popular. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 400 stars who publish VLOG content on different social networking sites. When you see the stars on the screen are always so glamorous, there are moments when you get up and your hair is messy. This contrast brings a sense of closeness, and taking VLOG has become a new way for stars to grow up.

Nowadays, the fiery degree of VLOG can be said to be sweeping the world. According to the survey, more than 2000 vlog works will be born on youtube every hour. Platforms such as Weibo, Tik Tok and Billie Billie have also started VLOG competitions, traffic support and creators' incentives. The number of domestic VLOG creators has already exceeded 1000. Through their lens, the audience saw more different worlds, wonderful and interesting, completely different from their own lives, enviable and yearning.

I have a blogger beside me. He is my college roommate Linlin. After graduation, all four of us stayed in Beijing to work and got together every week. A few months ago, Linlin fell in love with a video blog. Let's cooperate with each other when we meet. At first, we all felt very fresh and greeted the camera and the invisible "everyone". I was surprised and a little happy when I saw that the video of our eating and drinking could have tens of thousands of broadcasts.

? But after a long time, it always feels strange. When we met before, we talked about everything, shared our work, shared our feelings, shared gossip, and talked from morning till night. Now, at every party, Linlin invites everyone to go to a place together. These places are often online celebrity hot pot restaurants that line up for three hours, secret rooms where scary zombies can escape, and so on. When we get there, Linlin will hold the mobile phone in his hand, shoot whatever he sees, and he will ask each of us what kind of reaction. After filming, I was busy cutting videos and rarely talked to us. In fact, we are not the kind of people who like to join in the fun and visit fashion shops. After several visits, everyone was a little tired, but because of face, it is not easy to say directly, so we can only continue to cooperate with VLOG business in Linlin.

One day, I saw Linlin's VLOG following the agent to look at the house on the Internet, only to know that Linlin was moving, but I didn't know. I called immediately, and Linlin said with a smile, I'm not moving! It's just that I saw a few bloggers. It's expensive to shoot a house in Beijing, and it's difficult to rent a house, not to mention it's extremely hot. So I tried to shoot the same model, found an agent to pretend to rent a house and took one. Don't say, the effect is really good.

Hung up the phone and I sighed. Every time Linlin sees us, he thinks about what to shoot; When you see something hot, you will try it on purpose. Is this VLOG true? Is it a record of life or a performance? Or, many people design their own lives for VLOG, but ignore the feelings of life itself?

VLOG doesn't stop there.

ACE family, a well-known VLOG blogger on YouTube. The contents of VLOG are mostly warm daily life, children's birthday parties, outings and so on. High-value families and happy little days made them get the attention of16.9 million fans, and shot a number of explosive videos with more than 20 million broadcasts. However, a recent video caused controversy. This video is called "Someone broke into our house ...". Someone broke into my house.

In the video, the young couple found their home stolen at night, which was a mess. In shock, they chose to shoot VLOG, recording and telling the scene that their home was looted.

Some viewers can't help but question: instead of ensuring the safety of children in the first place, check whether there are gangsters at home, but pick up the mobile phone to shoot VLOG. Is this morbid? Just to attract more attention, there are eye-catching themes. When encountering unexpected moments in life, the priority of recording exceeds solving, and the way of thinking of the recorder is subverted.

If this VLOG of ACE family only caused discussion, then the 10 minute VLOG of Father's Day surprise (the saddest day in my life) released by the Philippine network celebrity Keith Talens made many people feel uncomfortable. In the video, Keith planned to surprise his father and recorded VLOG happily on his way to see him. Who knows, after reaching the finish line, I found my father died unexpectedly not long ago, covered with white cloth. Keith couldn't help holding his father's body and trying to wake him up. He collapsed and cried for 4 minutes.

This VLOG has been watched more than 5 million times, and the ensuing controversy has also caused bloggers to close the comment function. Some people doubt the authenticity of this VLOG, but more people focus on: When we accidentally discover the death of our father, should we choose to shoot? What do you think of carefully editing the sad remains of yourself and your father into a VLOG and publishing it? Is there an element of performance in the recorded sadness, and is this emotion pure?

The era we live in is a lonely and anxious era. Loneliness makes people eager for attention, and they are used to paying attention to others, relying on social software to find songs, and keen on shooting and watching VLOG；; Anxiety makes people focus on speeding up, while ignoring the feeling of life. The essence of life is beautiful. There is nothing wrong with loving and recording life, just like when the twilight is in full swing, when you see the beautiful sunset, you take pictures and share them with your friends. There are moments worth recording everywhere in life, which need to be discovered, not created out of thin air, ready to be posted on the Internet, and expecting the broadcast volume and attention.

The meaning of life, first of all, is feeling, followed by recording. However, with the rising popularity of VLOG, it has brought us the cart before the horse, and the importance of shooting has been greater than the experience itself. Everything done for filming has also lost the original intention of VLOG to "truly record life". Blogs, photos and VLOG are all auxiliary means to record life. There are always moments in life that don't need to be recorded and shared, and don't need to be noticed by strangers, but they are enough to stay in memory and become beautiful that will never fade.

And these are precious things worth leaving behind.