Sunday, April 15, 2012


Vice.com/picture-perfect is an awesome website that features documentary webisodes of different photographers. The episodes are about 20 minutes long with only one 15 second commercial in the beginning that you can choose to skip over. Webisodes are nice because there is no rating so they can literally show anything on them. In one particular webisode they feature Donald Webber, A famed Australian photographer. He goes to Fukushima to photograph the after effects of the earthquake, tsunami and also the after life of the nuclear zone where everyone was evacuated. It was a lot realer than watching a documentary on television, some of the content would never be featured on TV. It’s nice because it’s a different medium to show the things that have never been made before. Picture-perfect is great because it has all of the videos ready to watch, unlike other sites like hulu where you have to wait to see all of your favorite television episodes. Just click on the bottom of the screen and there are 20 more videos to choose from. The ad space is around the webisode, no interrupting the show just advertising on the sides that can be removed just by clicking full screen. It is nice to have a television with a remote to switch back and forth through stations some times, but picture perfect is so cool that you want to watch the entire episode without even thinking of moving the mouse. Another great thing about webisodes is that there are thousands of them, and anybody at all can make them. If you want to find a webisode about weirdoes doing a show in the middle of a street, you can find it and watch it. Try doing that on cable. 

4 comments:

  1. Convincing review I want to check it out now.

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  2. You have a strong central thesis about the convienence of webisodes being uninterrupted by commercials. I think a more gripping opening might add to the review.

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  3. You make some good points about advertising and webisodes, nice review.

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  4. Interesting points although it could be more detailed.

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